极速赛车168官网 Comments on: How to Argue Well: An Interview with Matt Fradd (Video)

极速赛车168官网 By: Savio M Sacco

Savio M Sacco — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:51:00 +0000

Here is another article from another favourite website. It discusses the same subject and I thought I should share it with you:

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/05/26/classical-rhetoric-101-logical-fallacies/

极速赛车168官网 By: Paul Rimmer

Paul Rimmer — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:54:00 +0000

In reply to Vickie. Now I have to find and listen to that song!

极速赛车168官网 By: Paul Rimmer

Paul Rimmer — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:13:00 +0000

In reply to Brandon Vogt. There seem to be as many definitions for the word as there are people who use it. That would make "scientism" a fairly useless word. My problem is not specifically with Matt Fradd's use of "scientism" in the interview. I wish no one used the term at all. I especially wish people wouldn't use "scientism" to describe their own views.

极速赛车168官网 By: Brandon Vogt

Brandon Vogt — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:32:00 +0000

In reply to Paul Rimmer. Paul, I don't see any problem with using the word "scientism" so long as its defined in context, as Matt does in our interview.

极速赛车168官网 By: Vickie

Vickie — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:02:00 +0000

Thanks Brandon, I liked this and it was helpful to me. The first day I was ever on this site the discussions made me think of the song "The Windmills of Your Mind". Not because I thought that people were making circular arguments but because the discussions themselves often go "round. Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel". What I got from this article and video was more than merely tips on making a good logical argument but more of an attitude on how to do that in a productive way.

极速赛车168官网 By: Paul Rimmer

Paul Rimmer — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:57:00 +0000

Seems like a good overview of how to have a rational argument.

Since Matt Fradd mentioned Scientism: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/08/14/lets-stop-using-the-word-scientism/

TL;DR: The word “scientism” doesn’t helpfully delineate a coherent position, it unhelpfully flattens important distinctions and creates a false target. We can do better.