The Brain, a User’s Manual: Conjunction Junction
The necessary-and-sufficient conditional and the disjunctive lie before us; and then … well, we can burn that bridge when we come to it.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: Enough Necessity
Sufficiency and necessity are twins, but not identical twins—though their younger sibling does mysteriously resemble both.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: Matters Syllogistical
Today, we conclude our review of Aristotelian logic and make ready to embark on Stoic logic, the last missing piece of the puzzle.
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: Using the Square of Opposition
Logic can make us think of the angels—like angels, logicians must frequently beginning by saying “Fear not.”
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Talk About Things—Part Three
One of the most common causes of distrust and even enmity among people is mere miscommunication.
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Texts in Context: From Antiquity to the Mediævum
We have come now to, perhaps, the most libeled and distorted period in all of human history. Let’s clear a few things up before we properly begin!
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Talk About Things—Part One
The Brain, a User’s Manual:How to Talk About Things—Part One By Gabriel Blanchard We’ve seen this painting of the School of Athens several times here on the Journal;
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The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Define Things
The first step in all communication (and all reasoning is a form of communication) is just knowing what the words mean. Simple—right?
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Introducing: The CLT Classical Teaching Corps!
Applications for the CLT Classical Teaching Corps are now live!
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On the Custom of “A Gap Year”
After twelve (or more) years of school, not all of us want to immediately sign up for an additional four years of school! Is there merit in the idea of taking a gap year?
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