How many of you have read philosophy?

[Anti-Racism]

I notice a proliferation of arguments lately that are, quite honestly, logically broken. Logical fallacies and hypothetical arguments abound, but no one seems to be calling out the perpetrators. It's not confined to one "side," either -- Alonzomourning and Chesswarsnow both hit my filter today.

I teach this for a living. If any of you want to know exactly where you're illogical, I'll show you, but only if there's a chance of improvement and not more hollow partisanship.

[Labrocca]

Can't say I read much philosophy since high school.

However your post inspired me to read a web page about it.

http://www.galilean-library.org/int4.html

I like the last paragraph in the article.

The value of logic in philosophy (or philosophical logic, to be more accurate) is thus quite plain: we can use it to take arguments apart and study their structure in more detail than a cursory glance would otherwise allow. We can also take a more formal approach to reasoning, which will be of great benefit to us as we proceed.

[Churchel]

I notice a proliferation of arguments lately that are, quite honestly, logically broken. Logical fallacies and hypothetical arguments abound, but no one seems to be calling out the perpetrators. It's not confined to one "side," either -- Alonzomourning and Chesswarsnow both hit my filter today.

I teach this for a living. If any of you want to know exactly where you're illogical, I'll show you, but only if there's a chance of improvement and not more hollow partisanship.


I question your logic concernig politics. A certain type and ammount of people are illogical and some of these people have influence over others who will generally agree on their own flawed logic. While your criticism might be taken constructive by some, others will automatically deem you some sort of educated fool and automatically quit listening to you.

[askates]

Yea, with politics there is little room for philosophy, because their are few politicians with the intelligence to philosophically challenge their own beliefs.Â*Â*Republicrats are not concerned with making the world a better place, they are concerned with making their wallets a bigger place.Â*Â*This was demonstrated by all the democrats that signed the torture bill to stay in office.Â*Â*The 'religious perception of our age'-the satisfaction of man united with the selflessness of nature