Tag: argument

  • How To Survive the Thanksgiving Political Arguments

    Happy Thanksgiving, readers! Tomorrow is Turkey day and if the Northern State Parkway was any indication on Monday, stress is high. I’ve never seen so many accidents. Perhaps our minds aren’t where they should be because we are dreading that Uncle or Aunt coming to dinner and trying to start fights about Trump or Harris…

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  • What Else would the ICC be for?

    The ICC indictment against Netanyahu is getting a lot of attention in the media as being out of line. U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham has said that if an ally arrests him, the United States will tank their economy. Joe Biden has said the charge is “outrageous.” But what other method or manner should be used…

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  • A Podcast on the Relationship Between Music and Argument

    I have a seperate blog for my podcast, In the Bin, but maybe I shouldn’t. I feel like my audience is the same for both, or at least people who read my writing here would also like my podcast. In this episode we talk to Dr. Ian Reyes about music and argument (he knows a…

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  • Freud Predicted by Bhagavad Gita

    No big enlightening post for today – mostly just a day of catching up on miniscule (yet important) things around the office and in my academic life. Stumbled across this article arguing that all of Freud’s theories as to the working of the mind, notably the unconscious and the source of emotional reaction, are predicted…

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  • Honest Expression vs. Audience Responsibility

    I always get a bit bored waiting to teach my late afternoon class, since I’ve done most everything that I can do (lies!) between now and then. As good a time as any to write on the blog. A good friend of mine sent me this link where Stephen Fry argues that British people are…

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  • Argumentation Books I Can’t Do Without

    Chatting with a friend of mine online the other day and he asked me for my favorite argumentation\debate books. Thought I would list them here as well. Here’s the list I came up with: The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation by Perelman and Olbrects-Tyteca A masterwork, read it only 2 times all the way…

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