Arguments

You can’t start answering Question 1 until you’ve taken a stance! — It’s easy to take a side on an issue when you’ve never heard a convincing argument for the other side. It’s also easy to shrug and say you can’t pick a side because there are good arguments for both. It’s harder to truly listen to both…

The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a religious cult founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Numerous failed prophecies and the mistiming of prophetic events has made the (JW.org) organization notoriously unreliable. Still, boasting a membership of over 8 million adherents, they continue to distribute their ideas through…

The movies and television are not just describing reality, they are creating it. They are not just documenting human behavior, they are dictating it. For example, Mr. Barack Obama was elected in 2008 as the first black president. It was a shock to many and an exhilaration to the rest…

Buckle up — you’ve just jumped into an argument with someone at work. You’re right, they’re wrong — they just just don’t see it yet. The question is, what’s the best way to win? Well, you could sit around debating all of the finer points of the problem and try…

Is this a clickbait? No, you are wrong. However, at the same time, you are probably right. Just as the cliché saying (Here we go again…): “It is all about perspective.” Regardless, despite the never-ending discussion on this topic, I would like to contribute my arrogant perspective too. So, here’s why everybody is wrong about…everything (This…

I googled the meaning of confrontation recently, it said: Confrontation is a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties. Now I am out here wondering why. The opposite of confrontation is agreement and in a situation where I don’t agree with you, why is confronting you defined as…

Or, why Sherlock Holmes was wrong One thing first. When philosophers talk about arguments they aren’t referring to shouting matches. That does happen, but ideally, two professionals avoid calling each other stupid. Most of the time. When discussing arguments, philosophers are referring to a specific structure for making a point…