When the Australian federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, went snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef in August, she told waiting reporters on the shore that she’d seen “amazing wildlife, fish, ...
When I was in college, I remember naively signing up for a course called "Introduction to Logic." It turned out to be one of the greatest courses I have ever taken. Logic is the basis for philosophy, ...
For regulars at Ars Technica, the forums are as much a part of the site’s identity as the articles. And where there are forums, there are flame wars. The BattleFront is infamous for its contentious ...
Arguments are attempts to persuade by providing reasons (or premises or propositions) in support of a particular claim (or conclusion). In a deductive or ‘truth-preserving’ argument, the conclusion ...
Ghana’s once blossoming economy has, this year, been junk-rated by almost all of the known internationally acclaimed rating agencies, such as Bloomberg, Moody’s, and S&P. Thus, the ‘hardness of times’ ...
Justifying policies through unsubstantiated or slightly invalid arguments can have a significantly negative effect on the public opinion of politicians, according to new research from City, University ...
John Ozolins is Professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. The main argument put forward in favour of altering the definition of marriage ...