196. ARGUMENTS DON'T WORK - And I Won't Be Able to Convince You
Read More“I have been thinking about arguments. And the more I do, the more I think they don’t actually convince anyone of anything.“
184. NOT CONVINCED BY POLITICAL ARGUMENT - On the UK General Election 2024
Read More“We are changed in our political views when new ideas or arguments confront us in our every-day, non-political, life. Often these ‘arguments’ are experiential rather than logical: something seen, heard, witnessed or experienced first hand which have no formal logical structure but imprint some deep shift in values nevertheless. We change our minds because we are changed. Not because we are convinced by arguments.“
142. THE INEVITABILITY OF FANTASY - Leaning Into Storytelling In Lieu of Truth
Read More“The more depressed you are the more accurately you see the world.“
102. NICK FLETCHER IS A ROLE MODEL OF STUPIDITY - Using Philosophy To Show Exactly Why This MP Is An Idiot
Read More“Fletcher was certainly sexist. But his sexism extends to the logic of his argument too. It’s easy to show how…“
53. WHEN IS A BUBBLE NOT A BUBBLE? - Educating The Department for Education
Read More“It doesn’t take a logician to see the problems with the Department for Education’s plan for secondary schools this September, but it can help to crystallise the specific flaws by laying out the argument carefully.”