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What evidence is there for evolution? (Teach them science)I stumbled across this link via Panda's Thumb, and couldn't help but seed. The website is at www.teachthemscience.org. Do check it out.
Over the years I have spent more time than I can keep track of (and more than I'm willing to admit) arguing with creationists and religious people.
When people come to your articles not to debate you but to bury you, there are times when you would like to call the spade a logical fallacy.
I'm sure many of you are well aware of the concept of logical fallacies. For instance, everyone probably knows about the straw man, the ad hominem, the non sequitur, and so on. What surprises me is how few people know about one of the most common logical fallacies: equivocation.
It has been a while since I wrote an article for this series. Here is the latest installment. The previous articles were on: ad hominem The Strawman Tu quequo non sequitor
At one time in America, there were people who thought the mullet was cool. I kid you not.
Edward Kennedy, the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, opposed the nomination of Supreme Court judicial nominee Robert Bork. Shortly following the announcement of his nomination, Sen. Kennedy made the following statement on the Senate floor:
This is the fourth in a series on logical fallacies. The previous articles discussed argumentum ad hominem , strawman, and tu quoque.
Tu quoque translates literally into "you too.' This logical fallacy is a form of ad hominem and is therefore a fallacy of relevance. In this fallacy, a premise is refuted on the basis that the person stating the premise makes the same error.
This is the second in a series on logical fallacies. The first article discussed argumentum ad hominem and can be found here.
In the book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey makes the assertion that if you want to learn something, teach it.
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