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09
Jul
2009
Troythulu’s Top 20 Logical Fallacies #16  

12 hours ago by Troythulu

This, the sixteenth in my series of ‘Top 20’ posts on logical errors concerns a fallacy that was only briefly touched on in my post on the ad hominem argument, ( Troythulu’s Top 20 Logical Fallacies #2…)a variation of Genetic Fallacy known as Poisoning the Well, or the Circumstantial ad Hominem. Thi ...

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This is the kind of thinking that is of paramount importance right now  

20 hours ago by Kerrick

John Michael Greer provides an excellent example of how to explain the ecosystem to economists. A taste, but you’ll have to read the whole post: Behind the human activities that produce secondary goods lie nonhuman activities that produce primary goods – the biological cycles that yield soil fertili ...

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08
Jul
2009
Troythulu’s Top 20 Logical Fallacies #15  

1 day ago by Troythulu

This, the fifteenth in my series of top 20 errors in thought and argument, deals with one of the more common intellectual strategies of true believers, the Negative Proof Fallacy, or Burden of Proof Fallacy. The intent is to shift the burden of proof for their claims away from themselves, and onto t ...

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Standards For Standards Sake  

1 day ago by blair

This post gets nerdy enough that you might want to steer clear. I also don’t go too out of my way to explain the jargon of the subject, so be forewarned. A few days ago, it was announced that the W3C was discontinuing work on XHTML2, which was planned to be the next big thing for the web; it was goi ...

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02
Jul
2009
How To Foster and Execute Civil Discourse  

7 days ago by teasethedog

Most of the air I exhale in my home tends toward my vexation at the inability of most contemporary adults to engage in civil discourse. Most discussions on issues have become too contentious and competitive, steering the focus toward victory rather than valuable (free) education. Admittedly, my word ...

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Troythulu’s Top 20 Logical Fallacies #14  

8 days ago by Troythulu

This, the 14th in my ongoing series of posts on errors in thought and reasoning, deals with what is referred to as the Reductio ad Absurdum, or ‘reduction to the absurd’ argument. This form of argumentation can be valid, in the case of showing an argument to be false by following it to its logical c ...

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01
Jul
2009
Slothful Induction: Logic Definition  

8 days ago by Jeffrey Slee

Slothful Induction classification : informal – inductive fallacy An inductive argument…

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Slothful Induction: Logic Definition  

8 days ago by Jeffrey Slee

Slothful Induction classification : informal – inductive fallacy An inductive argument remains denied despite evidence to the contrary. Foundations An induction fallacy where the conclusion is denied despite strong inductive evidence. Although they might be right, they are probably not and more proo ...

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30
Jun
2009
Appeal to Force: Logic Definition  

9 days ago by Jeffrey Slee

Appeal to Force classification : informal – appeals to motive…

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Appeal to Force: Logic Definition  

9 days ago by Jeffrey Slee

Appeal to Force classification : informal – appeals to motive…

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