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Claims are constantly being made, many of which are confusing, ambiguous, too general to be of value, exaggerated, unfalsifiable, and suggest a dichotomy when no such dichotomy exists. Good critical thinking requires a thorough understanding of the claim before attempting to determine its veracity. Good communication requires the ability to make clear, precise, explicit claims, or “strong” claims. The rules of reason in this book provide the framework for obtaining this understanding and ability.
This book / online course is about the the eleven rules of reason for making and evaluating claims. Each covered in detail in the book.
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Sounds like equivocation on the Queen's part. "Every other day" is relative in a given week to a specific day. Since it's a general rule, we should be able to apply it to some sort of specific period (otherwise, it's a meaningless statement). So Alice is spot-on that eventually, 'every other day' will come to a given day - which, if the present day, would be 'today' - yet, the Queen rejects that and claims that the present day is somehow exempt from ever possibly being classified as the 'other day' previously referred to. When done in real life, it's usually someone being facetious. Here's another example: "They say one should do something nice for someone. I'm someone, so you should do something nice for me!" Here, we go from 'someone' being 'a person other than oneself' to 'a specific person' (thus equivocating terms). |
answered on Friday, Jul 16, 2021 09:02:53 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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