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#teaching-reasoning
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I banned fallacy names from my debate team for a month. Here’s what happened
My high-school debaters can name about thirty fallacies, mostly in Latin. They use them the way some people use swear words: as a way of ending an exchange rather than continuing it. "That's ad hominem." "That's a slippery slope." Judges nod. Nobody…
Started by Sam Ellery5 replies217 views -
After reading Hamblin, should I still teach my prison class the list of fallacies?
I volunteer twice a week teaching a reading class at a men's prison in Nairobi. Philosophy has taken over the syllabus, and the men's favourite unit is the fallacies. They love catching each other: "That's ad hominem!" "Straw man!" Then I read…
Started by Brian Otieno Ouma5 replies145 views