Logic in 100 Minutes

Logic in 100 Minutes Workshop DVD – Available April 2007 by Hans Bluedorn and Nathaniel Bluedorn In two fifty-minute workshops Hans and Nathaniel introduce logic in a useful and fun way. Part One: Learning to Think Logically – Hans and Nathaniel show how to spot...

We Need You!

Jenig has submitted an example of the Fallacy of Equivocation (also called Doublespeak or Ambiguity) for our logic contest, but we need more examples (although I doubt anyone can top Jenig’s). Here are a few to help you get started. Abbott and Costello’s...

Equivocation and Contest Time

Lord willing, we want to start producing audio and video podcasts. We’ll start small with some short audio podcasts dramatizing common fallacies. But we need your help. In the comment section here, please post your favorite example of an equivocation. If we use...

Equivocation

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty,...