TagsTagswww.blogherenow.net In my previous post, "The Republican Modus Tollens", I pointed out that arguments apparently having the valid form [Numbered List] allow for serious irrationality when P represents a matter of well-confirmed scientific theory and Q represents a prescriptive policy preference or a tenet of religious faith. So, to use one of ...
Climate Change, Logic, Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, Republicans, Conservatives, Liberals, Rationality, Irrationality
www.blogherenow.net Republican leaders have become fond of denying well-supported facts in the last few years, including such well-confirmed phenomena as (at least partly human-induced) climate change, the proven safety of vaccines, and of course evolutionary theory. What seems to be guiding them, at least unconsciously, is (roughly) the following form of ...
Republican Party, Anti-Science, Logic, Modus Tollens, Evolution, Vaccines, Climate Change, Denial
“QualiaSoup” makes some of the best scientific/intellectual videos you’ll find on YouTube, and his new presentation explains the principles of critical thinking. [Video]
I’m glad to see QualiaSoup back in business at YouTube; his videos are some of the most creative presentations of logical and scientific concepts I’ve seen. This one takes a close look at the meaning of “faith.” [Video] (Hat tip: Thanos.)
Video, Science, Logic, Faith, QualiaSoup
Another excellent video presentation from “QualiaSoup:” [Video]
Today’s logical fallacy goes by the name: No True Scotsman. No True Scotsman is a logical fallacy by which an individual attempts to avoid being associated with an unpleasant act by asserting that no true member of the group they belong to would do such a thing. The term was coined ...