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 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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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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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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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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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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This week, we discuss five minor fallacies. Four are essentially appeals to our insecurities; the fifth is a curveball.
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Other attempts at forcing agreement from an opponent, such as the loaded question and the petitio principii.
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One would hardly expect to meet a fallacy as blatantly unsatisfying as “I am right because reasons.” Alas, as so often, that unexpectedness does half its work for it.
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Free debate is a good thing, but it is hard to encourage after an experience with a “sea lion”; this damages the communication skills of everyone involved.
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