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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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There's a difference between the model and the reality; they are not the same and should not be confused for one another. In reality, it is often possible to have somewhat contradicting systems in place and societies cannot always be neatly divided into fine, exclusive categories, like "democratic" and "non-democratic." Thus, you can have 'car' in democracy, since 'car' is not 'democracy', but exists alongside it. 'Green' is a colour, but that colour can exist inside a democracy, because the concept of colour transcends politics in the first place. This is a) someone being pretentious and b) probably reification. EDIT: I'm also not fully sure what this person is trying to suggest here - that we don't live in a democracy? |
answered on Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 02:05:18 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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I agree, sounds more like a wanna-be absurd extrapolation. |
answered on Wednesday, Oct 07, 2020 01:19:57 PM by mchasewalker | |
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Hi, sing! |
answered on Thursday, Oct 15, 2020 06:04:36 PM by Kaiden | |
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