The appeal to authority is known as one of many rhetorical fallacies. Not coincidentally, the Southern Poverty Law Center has ...

Recently, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania struck down all restrictions on Medicaid funding for abortions within the ...

Second, we can and do pursue the truth, through experience, education, and instruction in the art and science of thinking.

Conor Orr applauds the Cardinals for going against prevailing arguments about positional value and taking an elite running ...

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When we engage with arguments, we sometimes take shortcuts that can undermine our critical thinking. One shortcut to be cautious of is using the same reasoning for arguments that look similar. If an ...

This year I am teaching a philosophy class, and my students and I have really enjoyed logic. One of the most perplexing fallacies we discuss is the straw man argument: when someone responds to an ...

The president is personally attending Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday morning on his executive order to restrict birthright citizenship for people whose parents are in the U.S. temporarily or ...

Inductive arguments may be strong or weak depending on how likely it is that the inference follows, according to Hurley. And while an argument might appear strong, it may still contain a hidden ...

Every semester in my English classes I spend time teaching my students about logical fallacies. Yes, I am one of those college teachers who tries to expand those horizons and all that. Back before it ...

The day I realized I was a victim of domestic violence was the day that I posted about it online. After describing my situation on a forum, others responded with the vocabulary to articulate what was ...