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eBook ISBN: 9781101986189
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Levitin, Daniel J., author.
Title: A field guide to lies : critical thinking in the information age / Daniel J. Levitin.
Description: New York : Dutton, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016007356 | ISBN 9780525955221 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781101985588 (export)
Subjects: LCSH: Critical thinking. | Fallacies (Logic) | Reasoning.
Classification: LCC BC177 .L486 2016 | DDC 153.4/2—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016007356
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