On Skeptic Ink, James MacDonald recently wrote about what some people call “the fallacy of relative privation”, arguing that it…
Category Reason and Argument
A tu quoque, or a ‘you too’ statement is generally thought to be fallacious. As with most things thought…
Thanks to my recent observations on Twitter, I have discovered a handy way to control the unwashed masses when…
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…
There’s been a bit of controversy started by “up-and-coming” atheist Peter Boghossian, about the value of Philosophy of Religion (henceforth:…
Fellow SINner Peter Ferguson of Humanisticus has a good article in the Irish online newspaper TheJournal.ie about the value…
Internet discourse about gender cannot get any worse than it is right now. Personally, I find the issue rather…
I think it’s time to finally retire Godwin’s Law, the “law” that as online discussions proceed the chance that…
This relates to the controversy regarding secular arguments against abortion. I’ve heard bold assertions that we should not acknowledge…