Tag: "logic & critical thinking"

Assessing One’s Own Open-Mindedness

Are you open-minded? Before you answer, says William Hare, ask yourself the following ten questions...
[Issue 47: August/September 2004: Articles]

The Alleged Fallacies of Evolutionary Theory

In Issue 44, Peter Williams claimed to have found numerous logical fallacies in the writings of Richard Dawkins. His article has provoked this blow-by-blow response from Massimo Pigliucci, Joshua Banta, Christen Bossu, Paula Crouse, Troy Dexter, Kerry Hansknecht and Norris Muth.
[Issue 46: May/June 2004: Science]

The Beauty and Utility of Logic

by Joel Marks
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Moral Moments]

The Compleate Logician, or Miss Blackmore’s Unspeakable Sin

Mike Alder asks what is wrong with being charmingly illogical.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Articles]

Rehabilitating the Ad Hominem Argument

Should Bertrand Russell’s ‘skirt chasing’ be taken into account when thinking about his moral theories? Stephen Anderson argues that it might, in this reply to Tim Madigan’s criticism of ad hominem arguments.
[Issue 37: August/September 2002: Articles]

Sir Michael Dummett

by Karen Green
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002: The Library of Living Philosophers]

Induction: The Problem Solved

In our second contribution on the problem of induction, John Shand argues that there is no problem, because there is no such thing as an inductive argument.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002: Articles]

Logic and its Limits by Patrick Shaw

Edward Ingram enjoys a surprisingly lively introduction to logic by Patrick Shaw.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001: Books]

Survival of the Fittest

Does ‘survival of the fittest’ simply mean ‘survival of those best able to survive’? If so, is the theory of evolution just an empty statement of the obvious? Fred Leavitt unravels a logical challenge to Darwinism.
[Issue 28: August/September 2000: Articles]

Vagueness: an introduction (sort of)

Fred Ablondi tells you Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Vagueness. But not quite.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000: Articles]