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006 - Defense Against the Dark Arts II - Seduce and Destroy

The Argument Ninja Podcast

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The Rules of Good Argumentation Are Different From Themselves

When i was a university teacher, i thought that by teaching logic and good reasoning in the classroom we were helping to disseminate these principles into public society at large. But i realize now how naive i was. These principles are principles of good logic, sound argumentation, proper valuation of evidence,. rules for managing disagreement through rational dialogue and debate. And fail to appreciate how different the rules are outside the classroom and outside the institutions that actively protect and support these principles. The natural psychology of human reason and judgment is different from the idealized norms of good reasoning that we teach in the classroom. If we don't teach our students how they're different, and in what ways they're Different, I

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