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A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense (2006)

by Normand Baillargeon

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Radical pedagogue Baillargeon trains readers to think, deconstruct and ask the necessary questions to protect themselves from the manipulations of government, authorities' and other elites. 'My personal feeling is that citizens of teh democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self-defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for more meaningful democracy.' - Noam Chomsky'… (more)
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Testo utile per le scuole superiori, raccoglie informazioni di base sulle strategie per infinocchiare le coscienze e qualche suggerimento per evitarle. Molti riferimenti al Canada. ( )
  bobparr | Dec 14, 2014 |
A good little synthesis of data interpretation, from statistics to charts to syllogisms. Word of warning though, at the end, pushes its agenda a bit too far, blabbing about media concentration theories and gets in a cynic mood; tone of the book shifts 180°. As an example, author says reality TV is stupid, well, that's his opinion (and mine as well), but I believe it does not belong in a book that is supposed to be about reasoning and analysis. Fortunately that part is less than a sixth of the whole book. ( )
  ptaff | Dec 26, 2012 |
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Répondant au souhait de Noam Chomsky, selon lequel « si nous avions un vrai système d’éducation, on y donnerait des cours d’autodéfense intellectuelle », Normand Baillargeon recense dans cet ouvrage très didactique les principaux obstacles à l’exercice d’une pensée critique. Depuis les confusions liées au flou du vocabulaire et aux contorsions rhétoriques, jusqu’à l’« innumérisme » (équivalent de l’illettrisme en matière de lecture des statistiques et probabilités), en passant par toute la gamme des raisonnements spécieux et des sophismes, l’auteur nous fait parcourir l’arsenal de la bêtise ordinaire et de la « fourberie mentale ». Il nous met en garde contre leurs méfaits, qu’il s’agisse des déformations infligées à notre perception de la réalité, des impostures entretenues par les pseudosciences ou des manipulations orchestrées par les médias.
 

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Radical pedagogue Baillargeon trains readers to think, deconstruct and ask the necessary questions to protect themselves from the manipulations of government, authorities' and other elites. 'My personal feeling is that citizens of teh democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self-defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for more meaningful democracy.' - Noam Chomsky'

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Rédigé dans une langue claire et accessible, cet ouvrage, illustré par Charb, constitue une véritable initiation à la pensée critique, plus que jamais indispensable à quiconque veut assurer son autodéfense intellectuelle. On y trouvera d'abord un large survol des outils fondamentaux que dort maîtriser tout penseur critique : le langage, la logique, la rhétorique, les nombres, les probabilités, la statistique, etc. ; ceux-ci sont ensuite appliqués à la justification des croyances dans trois domaines cruciaux . l'expérience personnelle, la science et les médias. " Si nous avions un vrai système d'éducation, on y donnerait des cours d'autodéfense intellectuelle. "
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