Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Systemizing Ethical Theory

Ethics can be divided into three main branches, namely:

  1. Metaethics
  2. Normative Ethics
  3. Applied Ethics

Friday, November 13, 2015

A Comprehensive List of Informal Fallacies

This comprehensive list outlines informal fallacies that are periodically (and more often than not) committed in arguments. Much of these are seen in everyday life, and training yourself to spot these defects in argumentation will make you a much better critical thinker.

General Informal Fallacies: 

  • Existential Fallacy - An argument that has a universal premise and a particular conclusion. 

Thursday, November 12, 2015

How Logic and Argumentation Works

Although the definition of logic can be somewhat of a controversial issue, it can be defined as the study of principles behind correct reasoning. 

Logic is the pinnacle of human reasoning, and is what everyone ought to adhere to when assessing one's own tenets, beliefs, and arguments (something not as easy as one might think).

It can be separated into two categories: