On Skeptic Ink, James MacDonald recently wrote about what some people call “the fallacy of relative privation”, arguing that it…
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This question often comes up when Islam is being discussed, with critics of Islam (either in general or just…
“Hypocrisy” has two, similar, main meanings. The first is claiming (directly or indirectly) to adhere to some moral standard that one…
A tu quoque, or a ‘you too’ statement is generally thought to be fallacious. As with most things thought…
In this post I will attempt to re-examine and even redefine the term straw man. I realise that this will be controversial;…
An article on Religion News Service by Catholic journalist Kimberly Winston (an expert in the effects of different prayer…
I have long believed that the fact that we are the result of a process of biological evolution can form the…
In general, yes, when we speak of ‘free speech’ we are talking about the negative liberty to not be arrested for whatever we say (of course, there’s plenty of complexity contained within the idea of “whatever we say”, but I’ll assume that we have some reasonable notion of what that might be).
I do, however, see the claim (that this sort of free speech is the only sort of free speech worth caring about) as a bit naïve.
This relates to the controversy regarding secular arguments against abortion. I’ve heard bold assertions that we should not acknowledge…
Is debating the existence of God worthwhile? A short post by John Sargeant argues that it isn’t: For me…