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Pros & Cons of Online Debates and Discussions 26 Aug 2013 | 05:31 am
“Use soft words and hard arguments.” — English proverb “Soft words are hard arguments.” — Thomas Fuller (emphasis mine) Among the various books I have in progress, lately I’ve been reading Arguing w...
Informal Logic 101: How to Think and Argue Better, Part 6 19 Aug 2013 | 09:03 am
Part 6: Avoiding Presumptions “A presumption becomes a self-refuting assertion.” — R. Alan Woods Following hot on the heels of “Part 5: Facts Over Feelings”, today’s logical fallacies involve inappr...
Informal Logic 101: How to Think and Argue Better, Part 5 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Part 5: Facts Over Feelings “Feelings should never supersede rational thought… so, if you feel that you’ve got the answer, you should think some more.” — Julie Ann Elliott-Morton Up to this point in ...
The Vacuum at the Heart of Neopragmatism 11 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am
Today’s post is a bit more philosophy-rich than I am usually comfortable with and, thus, than I would normally post. But, as I was reading the book named below (and stretching my brain cells), I reali...
Exposing the NAKED Truth 5 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Earlier this week (er, I guess it was last week, now), a FB friend shared the following post: “Good morning american FB family, here’s something you should know about. You may be familiar with the Smo...
Bureaucracy Breeds Corruption 29 Jul 2013 | 04:21 am
OK, so I was casting about, desperately looking for something to blog about this weekend. (Not that I don’t have good ideas, just not enough time to develop them.) On a whim, I decided to grab my copy...
Informal Logic 101: How to Think and Argue Better, Part 4 22 Jul 2013 | 09:23 am
Part 4: Three Ways to Argue Meanwhile, at the clinic… Client (Michael Palin): “Aha! If you’re arguing, I must have paid.” Mr. Barnard (John Cleese): “Not necessarily. I could be arguing in my spare ti...
Informal Logic 101: How to Think and Argue Better, Part 3 15 Jul 2013 | 06:39 am
Part 3: Logical Suicide and Staying on TRACK “Without good support, not only is it a ‘bad argument’, it’s merely opinion.” — me Welcome back! (Or, just “Welcome!”, if this is the first part you read ...
A Discussion about Republicans, Evangelicals, and Same-Sex Marriage (Part 2 of 2) 8 Jul 2013 | 05:48 am
OK, time to resume the discussion. As explained in Part 1, I left a comment in my Facebook status, saying that I approved of the RNC’s reaffirming its support for traditional marriage and against same...
President George W. Bush Speech on July 4, 2003 4 Jul 2013 | 04:18 am
The following Independence Day speech was made by President George W. Bush a decade ago at the United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayton, Ohio, where he honored U.S tr...
