logic

Reasoning from semafu 821 days old

(moved!!! I had this on the personal blog whoops!!!) We reason using deductive or inductive logic. In deductive logic the conclusions are *necessitated* ...

Critical Thinking - Proof from semafu 972 days old

In our day to day doings we often treat overwhelming evidence as proof. It’s a heuristic and usually a good one. It may be impossible or too costly ...

Critical Thinking - Straw Man from semafu 973 days old

Someone just sent me this and it's made me chuckle. I don't think it's meant to be taken too seriously - still tho worth a comment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIwiPsgRrOs 1. ...

Where do thoughts come from? from semafu 974 days old

When you get a thought in your mind, you can rationalise and analyse it but where do they come from in the first place?

More Logical Fallacies from semafu 974 days old

Some more everyday fallacies Emotive language. The person arguing tries to distract from the truth or falsehood, instead attempting to create an emotional ...

Critical Thinking - When you can't think of an alternative from semafu 974 days old

I’ve seen this one recently. It’s where a person makes their argument, doesn’t attempt to prove it and just asks “If not like this then how?” If no one ...

Critical Thinking - Poor smelly people. from semafu 974 days old

Someone has pointed me to wiki - and I have found out that there is an equally wrong flip side to the argument from wealth. The idea that someone who ...

Critical Thinking - But I earn more than you from semafu 974 days old

Here’s a little gem. Someone I know, who really should know better came out with this one a couple of years ago. Inexplicably I feel the sudden ...