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What should be taught in a class?
The fallacy of the begged question is not an error in argumentation but a powerful tool for the construction of good arguments. In a previous post, I asked: what debate format was appropriate for a social justice themed debate course? The begged question there is “what is appropriate for any course to do?” Is there…
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Blossoming Anger
What I was listening to while writing this. Anger is like a man who wants to hit another and picks up a burning ember or excrement in his hand and so first burns himself or makes himself stink. Resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for your enemy to die. ~ Attributed to Buddha It’s…
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What to Believe about ChatGPT
I believe in science. Trust the science. What do these liberal dicta mean? Immediately for most people they mean “anti-Trump” in some form or fashion. They might also mean “not a conservative.” These phrases are polarized and perhaps worse than useless – harmful without their nutrients, like Wonder Bread rhetoric – stripped of the fiber…
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Departments of Misreading
When our department was first formed here back in 2008, the first order of business of the newly assembled faculty was to choose a department name. After the great I.A. Richards, I suggested “The Department of Miscommunication.” Richards had suggested in his work that nobody really studies communication. When it works, he argued, it’s uninteresting.…
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Debate Avoidance
Debate as a competition, contest, a battle, a winner-take-all proposition where evil is vanquished, virtue is on the line, and truth hangs in the balance. We can’t be stalwart protectors of the truth; we are inadequate to defend it. People won’t listen to scientists/information/facts. What can we do? We can repeat ourselves and become more…
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