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Dr. Michael Labossiere interview, pt. 1 – “Logical Fallacies: The Critical Thinking Meme″ – #062 (+ video)
What would happen if everyone in society received an immunization against all of today’s media and political propaganda? Is there a simple, logical process to arm ourselves against such attempts at mind manipulation and control? What if you had the ability to quickly and easily break down words and sentences to identify lies and untruths and propaganda? What do grammar and rhetoric have to do with logic and critical thinking, or, for that matter, marketing, PR and propaganda spin, and more importantly, exactly how can they help you? If someone presents evidence of a claim, do you have a mental duty to study it before you attack it? How can we make our minds sharper? Is it possible to level the playing field against corporate and government propaganda by creating a critical thinking meme? Today we launch the critical thinking meme into society and I ask for your help to spread it, to share today’s talk with all you know: friends, co-workers, family, business associates and school mates. If you want to help make an immediate change in your own and other people’s lives for the better, today’s show is one of the primary ways to do it. We’re going to continue our study of the trivium with Dr. Michael Labossiere who is here to discuss logical fallacies. Micheal will be back in the next week or two to also discuss the subject and predicate. This show is being released on Monday, January 25, 2010. My interview with Michael Labossiere was recorded on January 09, 2010. Michael LaBossiere is a guy from Maine who went to school in Ohio and ended up in Florida. Professionally he is a philosophy professor at Florida A&M University. He started teaching there in the Fall of 1993 and greatly enjoy his choice of careers. He teaches a wide variety of classes that range from Aesthetics (theories of art and beauty) to Theory of Knowledge. His first philosophy book, What Don’t You Know? hit the shelves in the spring of 2008. He also blogs for The Philosophers’ Magazine and has numerous academic publications. In addition to his love of wisdom, he has a great love of running. Michael started running at the age of fifteen. He tried out for the basketball team, but sucked badly. The coach told him that the track team had to take anyone and suggested that he become a runner. It turned out to be a great choice. He ran in high school and then ran in college. He kept running in grad school and still runs today, mostly to combat the effects of pie consumption. He is a member of the Gulf Winds Track Club, the local running club in Tallahassee. Michael also enjoys the martial arts, specifically tae kwon do. He started training in grad school at Ohio State and still practices today. He enjoys the physical and mental training. Plus, hitting a punching bag is a great way to burn off stress. It also makes it possible to survive committee meetings. He started gaming (Dungeons & Dragons) when he was 15 and fell in love with the idea of creating worlds and stories and ended up writing professionally for several game companies. Yes, gaming is for nerds- he freely accept his nerdtastic ways. He also enjoys computer and console gaming. Despite playing far too much World of Warcraft, he claims he is not obsessed with games and alleges that reality is still much better than virtual reality. He is very fond of animals and has two cats (Ash & Zax) and a hyper husky (Isis). Here are the links My philosophy blog: http://aphilosopher.wordpress.com/ Gulf Winds Track Club: www.gulfwinds.org/
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“What would happen if everyone in society received an immunization against all of”
and when I took philosophy at university, i forget why NOW, but THEN knew that “if everybody did” or “if all people do this”
IS A FALLACY…….
perhaps you could refresh my memory which one it is ? thanks …. zhin.kiuU@hushmail.com
Looking forward to listening to this podcast. But Michael’s audio is watching too low. Ithe must be just me but I can hear Jan loud and clear.
At @ 01:31:00 when getting into slippery slope the example used is homosexual marriage. When it became legal, I made this “fallacy” saying it would lead to trannies” then pedos( we’re here now in 4/2022), then we would eventually get to bestiality. After all everyone has to have equalty to pursue their happiness. Yet….. It seems that given enough time we’re not from that final act of sexual deviancy becoming normalized.
This has beyond doubt actually happened, so you indeed did not commit a fallacy in this regard. We see tranny book hour, the promotion of of legalizing pedophilia including on TED talks, and I think we’re not too far away before they promote bestiality openly. It’s the collapse of society.
This guy gave 2 erroneous examples.
First one is homosexual marriage. The proof that marriage is between opposite sexes is not the fake one in the tradition but the real one, in dictionary. We can start calling tree cutting a “murder” and agree that’s the new literal meaning of the word…. Also, we can find a new word for legally recognosed homosexual union with privilages equal to marriage, so no need to screw the meaning of “marriage”.
Second, you cannot prove there isn’t something that doesn’t exist. Also, the truth cannot be established by consensuses. So, the burden of proof is not on people who challenge the antropogenic global warming caused by CO2, but on the scammers who pretend to have science behind their lies.