The logic behind argument: Coming face to face with fallacies An argument is considered valid if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false.

The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn their target audience not to be "sheep" and not to let themselves be told ...

More than 75 percent of LSAT logical reasoning questions will contain an argument. For purposes of the LSAT, an argument is a conclusion supported by premises. In questions involving arguments ...

"The Argument" really isn't an argument at all; it's a collection of predictable opinions that will only be appreciated by those who already agree. This is idealism for nonconformists who think alike.

As a philosophy professor who teaches logic and critical thinking — the study of good and bad arguments and forms of reasoning — I have been a keen observer of the arguments given for and ...

Nils Kürbis, An Argument for Minimal Logic, Dialectica, Vol. 73, No. 1 (March—June 2019), pp. 31-63 ...

Being right versus being heard. Logic doesn’t change minds—emotions do. And sometimes, trying to prove someone wrong just ends with you both being rightfully miserable and silently uninvited ...

The tortured logic of racism: A field guide to the “arguments” against Black Lives Matter protests The harder it is to deny systemic racism, the more outrageous the pushback becomes ...

But Murray says the logic of their argument doesn’t make sense given the fact that hundreds of studies and decades of research has shown that mifepristone is safe, effective and necessary.

A recent column claiming to unravel Secretary Bellows’ legalistic logic for keeping Trump off the Maine ballot was dubious (“The people are supposed to choose whom they please,” Jan. 23 ...