Falsehood and Fallacy

Falsehood and Fallacy emphasizes that in our politically divided landscape, we all need to be able to read and research more critically in order to make well-reasoned arguments.

Bethany Kilcrease is a professor of History at Aquinas College.

"In today’'s world, lack of care in reading and thinking seems inversely proportional to the inflation and even violence of rhetoric in engaging others. There seem tragically few models of careful reflection, clear prose, and cogent argument upon which to draw. That is why this book is such a gem. Kilcrease offers a master class, by precept and example, in how to read, how to think, and how to write. I have long thought that clarity in one connects to clarity in the others. Now Professor Kilcrease has demonstrated why that is the case and how the reader can excel in all three. This book should be on student reading lists across the disciplines."

Sarah K. Nytroe, DeSales University:

"As students live and learn in an age in which the production and dissemination of information and knowledge is constant and nearly instantaneous, Falsehood and Fallacy offers an essential 'toolkit' to evaluate, read, and write about sources. Kilcrease demystifies source evaluation through an approachable writing style and relevant examples that speak to the realities that students are living through and wrestling with. Exercises at the end of each chapter position students to actively apply these ‘tools’ and to build confidence in their critical evaluation skills and use of sources, inside and outside of the classroom."