In this witty, incisive guide to critical thinking, DiCarlo provides you with the tools to allow you to question beliefs and assumptions held by those who claim to know what they're talking about. This book will empower you with the ability to spot faulty reasoning and, by asking the right sorts of questions, hold people accountable.

Introduction: Why become a really good pain in the ass? -- part 1: The tools of the trade : the ABCs and (DEFs) of critical thinking. A is for argument -- B is for biases -- C is for context : time, place, and circumstance -- D is for diagramming -- E is for evidence -- F is for fallacies -- part 2: The best damn pains in the ass in history. The method of Socrates and the modes of the ancient Skeptics -- part 3: Answering the big five. Preamble -- What can I know? -- Why am I here? -- What am I? -- How should I behave? -- What is to come of me? -- Conclusion.