Rhetorica: The Topoi, III. Cause and Effect
This is, justly, a popular topos. But there are certain vulnerabilities inherent in it, which we disregard at our peril.
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Rhetorica: The Fourth Ditch of Fraud
Though the topic is complex, the lesson is simple: To understand statistics, we should first learn how to.
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Rhetorica: Of Bacon; or, The Scientific Method
Not all science is equally rigorously conducted; if you are testing a hypothesis, you are doing science—it might just not be very thorough.
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Rhetorica: A Complement to Dialectica
Rhetoric is the crown of the Trivium, and this is not an accident: “these three are one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal …”
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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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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: What Is Stoic Logic?
Now, as we enter the Stoa, let’s pause to examine a hitch in—well, a hitch in logic is just what it isn’t, though many people think it is. Come and have a look.
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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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