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Dictionary of Logical Fallacies
10 days ago
by Panderbear
In Sound Argument Panderbear noted that an argument is sound if the premises are true and the conclusion necessarily follows from them. Checking for soundness is essential to immunizing oneself against pandering. The more insidious mode of pandering is to employ some combination of logical fallacies ...
Liar! Liar! - panderingpoliticians.com
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Ten Pander-Proofing Techniques
22 days ago
by Panderbear
Techniques for immunizing yourself against political pandering are pretty straightforward. Applying them consistently is hard. Facts, facts, facts! Get some. Then get some more. Become your own proactive news aggregator. Confirm all 'facts,' opinions, and arguments. Are the premises true? Do they pr ...
Liar! Liar! - panderingpoliticians.com
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error: memory hole failure
63 days ago
by Linoge
Ahh, “gun control” extremists… when will you ever learn that the Memory Hole simply is not a viable tactic any more? Consider, if you must, the fairly impolite example of @BenjaminV, who had this “conversation” with me regarding the shooting at Virginia Tech on Thursday: BenjaminV: There should be n ...
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Fun with logical fallacies: The appeal to consequences
73 days ago
by Dustin Williams
My college buddy Jered, who've I've spent several posts on responding to, in one of the comments he recently left used the appeal to consequences logical fallacy. These are often rooted in eschatology, his in the Adventist variety. Before I jump into it, let's look at the more standard one. If you r ...
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open carry stops crime… again
74 days ago
by Linoge
Take a look at this story: What happened next, to my mind, can only be attributed to the fact that I was OC. As he drew parallel to me, he looked at me, looked at my firearm, looked at me again and stopped. He stared at me for about 5 seconds (I think) and I kinda stared back. He turned around and w ...
walls of the city - wallsofthecity.net · Rank: 11,627 · 246 references
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Logical Fallacies
75 days ago
by SRM
We focus on counter-argument for the third writing project. Recall that “countering,” as Harris terms it, doesn’t mean simply letting “the other side” have a say or merely disagreeing with an opposing view. That may be how argument on cable television (unfortunately) works these days, but it isn’t w ...
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