Dialectica: An Index of Logic (and Fallacies)
Not everyone gets a classical education, replete with grammar, logic, and rhetoric; but when pursuing wisdom, it is never too late to begin.
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Sorting Through Sophistries
Sorting Through Sophistries: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Sorting Through Sophistries:The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis By Gabriel Blanchard Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος … Should They Have Sent a Poet, Really? Language is a curious thing. Some of
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Sorting Through Sophistries: The Liberty to Lie
Sorting Through Sophistries:The Liberty to Lie By Gabriel Blanchard We have here a fallacy that is, in all probability, as old as the human race. Freedom of Thought
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Four Knowledgeable Fallacies
Sorting Through Sophistries:Four Knowledgeable Fallacies By Gabriel Blanchard We again confront a collection of sophistries today, all of them involved in the problem of epistemology. 1. The Observer
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Sorting Through Sophistries: The Fleet of Theseus
Theseus called; he wants his ship back. Oh, and Bertrand Russell called; he needs to know where he can put his box full of boxes?
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Pathetic Appeals (That Are Bad)
Here we offer the “mugshots” of some common sophistical appeals to emotion. Take note of their traits; next time you see them, they probably won’t be labeled.
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Appeals to Emotion (Aren’t Always Bad)
Like poisoning the well or the fallacy fallacy, we have here a set of ambivalent sophistries; they lack commitment to being sophistical.
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Dishonesty in Detail
Fortune-tellers claim to divine secrets from kings, jokers, and knaves; but what is the real source of their information? And for that matter, is it information?
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Five Words to Watch Out For
This week, we discuss five minor fallacies. Four are essentially appeals to our insecurities; the fifth is a curveball.
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Sorting Through Sophistries:Riders of the Viciouscycle—Part II
Other attempts at forcing agreement from an opponent, such as the loaded question and the petitio principii.
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