The falacy, falacy one I find a lot here. Just because someone has argued their point poorly doesn't mean they are wrong.
True.Likewise, just because they've argued their poorly doesn't mean they are right either.
Me every day. I'm not good words hard...The falacy, falacy one I find a lot here. Just because someone has argued their point poorly doesn't mean they are wrong.
I always wondered wondered why this wasn't taught in schoo
Depends on the courses you take I imagine.
This needs to be part of school curriculum
This needs to be part of school curriculum
Some just have trouble expressing themselves so they just lash out in anger.
This needs to be part of school curriculum
It was offered in my curriculum in Grade 11, although it's because my school doesn't follow the normal school curriculum and instead has a tailor-made one that's complimentary to the college it is under. It's a fun topic (apart from memorizing the specific names of each fallacy) to discuss and I agree that it should be on the regular school curriculum.I never got offered Philosophy, but I love your prancing moose. Have a soft spot for Volvos but am a Tifosi at heart so your avatar made me smile.
I think this sort of thing should be mandatory, with basics taught in later primary school (year 5/6 - things like ad hominem would be so easy to teach kids e.g "you smell" isn't a valid argument).
One more that isn't included. Reductio ad Hitlerum.
The statement that Hitler, Nazis, some other person universally agreed to be bad did this and thus it is a bad idea.
How about that conspiracy fallacy? "My theory, no matter how daft, must be considered because everyone not considering it is involved in covering it up."