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Even the daft find him stupid
A particularly frequent subvariety of argument from authority is the, for lack of a better description, "even sophists find his arguments fallacious" scheme. The thought is that even people likely to make bad arguments have special authority when they point out a bad argument. I … Continue reading
Posted in Argument Schemes
Tagged Argument Schemes, balloon juice, catholicism, mistermix, Mitt Romney, Pro Choice, Pro Life
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Bishop Godwin
The Pontifical North American College, or whoever is responsible for instructing America's Catholic Priestly class, must offer a course in Godwinism: everyone with whom you have even a minor disagreement is a Nazi. This is a move repugnant even to the most … Continue reading
Posted in General discussion, Religion
Tagged Bishop Jenky, Cardinal Francis George, catholicism, contraception, Godwin's Law
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Grounded in logic
The other week the New York Times ran a fawningly long profile of a "big thinking" ultra-conservative Catholic intellectual. It stressed his powerful Oxford credentials, his Big University Post (at a non-Catholic institution–take that elite liberal institutions!), his influence over Catholic leadership, his … Continue reading
Posted in Begging the Question, Religion
Tagged catholicism, ex contradictione quodlibet, Gay Marriage, Logic, petitio principii, reason, Robert P. George, Thomism
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