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Why Is 280 Characters So Long?
Twitter recently rolled out a longer tweet length. 280 characters! So much room for activities! A friend of mine asked a good question about why such a small expansion feels like SO MUCH. I thought it was an interesting idea and decided...
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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Begging the Question
In this video, Matthew C. Harris of Duke University explains the informal logical fallacy called begging the question and the associated concept of circular reasoning. [3:53]
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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Appeal to the People
In this video, Jordan MacKenzie discusses a type of informal fallacy known as the argumentum ad populum fallacy, or the appeal to the people fallacy. This fallacy occurs when one attempts to establish the truth of a conclusion by...
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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Straw Man Fallacy
In this Wireless Philosophy video, Joseph Wu (University of Cambridge) introduces you to the straw man fallacy. This fallacy is committed whenever someone misrepresents an opponent's claim in arguing against it. [5:58]
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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Equivocation
Joseph Wu (University of Cambridge) explains the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy that occurs when the same term is used with different meanings in an argument. [6:29]
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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Fallacy of Division
In this video, Paul Henne describes the fallacy of division, the informal fallacy that arises when we assume that the parts of some whole must have the same properties as the whole they make up. [4:51]
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Khan Academy: Fallacies: Fallacy of Composition
In this video, Paul Henne describes the fallacy of composition, an informal fallacy that arises when we assume that some whole has the same properties as its parts. [3:58]