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An excellent list of logical fallacies
01-07-2010, 10:49 PM
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An excellent list of logical fallacies
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skept...ments.html

I will most likely sift through arguments searching for rhetorical fallacies.
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01-07-2010, 11:03 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
I LOVE this! I'm going to read the whole thing ASAP. I took an interest in symbolic logic in 7th grade. I just fell in love with it.

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01-07-2010, 11:03 PM
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I made this a sticky. It would be great to have a lot of people read this and be conversant in the concepts.

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01-07-2010, 11:25 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
Thanks.
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01-07-2010, 11:26 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
I had a completely unstructured class to teach to freshmen (on "study skills" or whatever--it was basically babysitting) when I was at my first school.
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01-07-2010, 11:35 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
[quote='Creideiki link' dateline='1262924774']
I had a completely unstructured class to teach to freshmen (on \"study skills\" or whatever--it was basically babysitting) when I was at my first school.

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01-07-2010, 11:36 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
[quote='Creideiki link' dateline='1262924774']
I had a completely unstructured class to teach to freshmen (on \"study skills\" or whatever--it was basically babysitting) when I was at my first school.

"But when we crave power over life-endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality-then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, until ruin weighs heavy in the scale." Ursula K. LeGuin, The Farthest Shore
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01-07-2010, 11:50 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
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[quote author=Creideiki link=topic=5277.msg48244#msg48244 date=1262924774]
I had a completely unstructured class to teach to freshmen (on \"study skills\" or whatever--it was basically babysitting) when I was at my first school.
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01-07-2010, 11:55 PM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
[quote='Creideiki link' dateline='1262926205']
[quote author=waiting for hope link=topic=5277.msg48252#msg48252 date=1262925360]
[quote author=Creideiki link=topic=5277.msg48244#msg48244 date=1262924774]
I had a completely unstructured class to teach to freshmen (on \"study skills\" or whatever--it was basically babysitting) when I was at my first school.

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01-08-2010, 12:00 AM
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Re: An excellent list of logical fallacies
[quote='Creideiki link' dateline='1262926205']
[quote author=waiting for hope link=topic=5277.msg48252#msg48252 date=1262925360]
[quote author=Creideiki link=topic=5277.msg48244#msg48244 date=1262924774]
I had a completely unstructured class to teach to freshmen (on \"study skills\" or whatever--it was basically babysitting) when I was at my first school.

"But when we crave power over life-endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality-then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, until ruin weighs heavy in the scale." Ursula K. LeGuin, The Farthest Shore
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