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Reasoning and Arithmetic
A Reason to Care
Apr 11
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Elliott R. Crozat
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The Big Pretense
I’ve been in a groove with issues of informal logic, so I’ll discuss another debating ruse. I call it The Big Pretense. Suppose Donny Dogma is…
Apr 2
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The Stratagem of Selectivity
Suppose that Sammy Selective is zealously committed to belief B. “B must be true!” he says to himself. Yet he wants some evidence, which he finds in C…
Apr 1
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Debating Tricks: Never Let ‘Em Pin You Down!
Some folks have a powerful need to be right, i.e., a deep desire for some prized belief to be true. You might call this need “wishful thinking.” Suppose…
Apr 1
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March 2024
The Deceptive Attack
Another Trick of Debate to Watch For
Mar 30
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The Trick of Diversion
There is a category of fallacies that I’ll call ‘Diversion,’ (as does Schopenhauer – see below) and which includes changing the subject, ignoratio…
Mar 29
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On the Symmetry Argument Regarding Death
Consider the symmetry argument (SA) against taking a negative attitude (e.g., one of fear, discontentment, aversion, etc.) regarding death. The SA is…
Mar 26
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February 2024
Wisdom’s Circulation
Wisdom is unexchangeable currency: useful to those residing in its circulation; useless to those who can’t convert its value.Thanks for reading…
Feb 26
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The Principle of Causal Sufficiency
Explanation, Objection, and Reply
Feb 7
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Elliott R. Crozat
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January 2024
Michael Shermer on Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Confusions Regarding the Theism-Atheism Debate
Jan 18
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Elliott R. Crozat
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AI Girlfriend? Impossible.
AI Girlfriend? I don’t think so. Here are three reasons: 1. An AI system is not conscious.Thanks for reading Provisional Philosophical Reflections…
Jan 14
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The “Everyone has a bias” Bias
Roughly speaking, a bias is an unreasonable inclination to favor or disfavor a person, group of persons, idea, worldview, etc., in ways that are unfair…
Jan 14
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