<p>Too often we&rsquo;re guided by what we last heard, by our friends&rsquo; approval,&nbsp;by impulse&mdash;our desires, our fears.&nbsp; Without reflection.&nbsp; Without even&nbsp;stopping to think. &nbsp; ** &nbsp;In this book you&rsquo;ll learn how to reason and find your way better in&nbsp;life.&nbsp; You&rsquo;ll learn to see the consequences of what you and others say&nbsp;and do. You&rsquo;ll learn to see the assumptions that you and others make. &nbsp;You&rsquo;ll learn how to judge what you should believe.&nbsp; These are the skills we all need to make good decisions. &nbsp;**&nbsp;&nbsp;Claims.&nbsp; Arguments.&nbsp; Fallacies.&nbsp; Analogies.&nbsp; Generalizing.&nbsp; Cause and&nbsp;Effect.&nbsp; Explanations.&nbsp; These are clearly set out with hundreds of&nbsp;examples from daily life showing how to use them.&nbsp; Illustrations using a&nbsp;cast of cartoon characters make the concepts memorable.&nbsp; And many&nbsp;exercises will help you to check your understanding. &nbsp;** &nbsp;Truly a book for all&mdash;from high school to graduate school, from auto&nbsp;repair to managing a company.&nbsp; How to Reason will help you find a way in&nbsp;life that is clearer and not buffetted by the winds of nonsense and&nbsp;fear.</p>