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Begging the question
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Begging the question is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premise.
Catch-22 (logic)
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A Catch-22, coined by Joseph Heller in his novel Catch-22, is a logical paradox arising from a situation in which an individual needs something that can only be acquired by not being in that very situ...
Judging Authority
Lipps, Jere
Article
2004
Skeptical Inquirer
We are often required to accept the word of another person, but how can we best judge whether or not that person is a legitimate authority?
9/11: Debunking The Myths
Article
2005
Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics special report on September 11 conspiracy theories.
Occam's razor
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When competing hypotheses are equal in other respects, the principle recommends selection of the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions and postulates the fewest entities while still suffic...
Rationality/Science
Chomsky, Noam
Article
1995
Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing...
When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad
Corn, David
Article
2002
AlterNet
Aren't these conspiracy theories too silly to address? That should be the case. But, sadly, they do attract people.


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