How Not To Argue: Straw Man
Arguments get pretty ugly these days. But they don’t have to. Reasoned argument can be a good thing, but we need to learn how to argue reasonably. That means learning to avoid fallacies like the ubiquitous Straw Man Fallacy.
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How Not To Argue: Begging the Question
This is an installment in an ongoing series called How Not To Argue, where I address some of the more …
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How Not to Argue: Non Sequitur
This post is part of a series on logical fallacies. For others in the series, check out the Logic and …
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Avoid Weasel Words
Weasel words are expressions that attempt to make an unsupported claim seem authoritative. It’s a way of making a point appear more convincing than it may actually be. Here are some examples of weasel words:
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