Philosophaster on “Persuasive power versus intellectual integrity”
I found this very nice piece on a forum. In philosophy, there is something called the "principle of charity." This is the idea that in a debate, we should address…
The term non-sequitur
As Wikipedia notes,i the term is used in everyday speech to deny a conditional (if-then statement), and it is also used in logic to mean an invalid argument. This together…
Discussions on the internet
Intro I have a couple of thoughts related to discussing things on the internet that I want to share. These thoughts are about active networking, being effective and having the…