Argumentative Assistance for Students of Debate
[A]RGUMENTATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS OF DEBATE 1 – “Anecdotal evidence is a contradiction in terms. One either has sufficient data to eliminate more parsimonious alternatives, wishful thinking, and error, or one is engaged in justification of a prior, with or without your knowledge and understanding of it.” 2 – “Outliers do not distributions make. The…
The Immorality of The Classes Cuts Both Ways – Because of Economic Pseudoscience
[T]he Author’s criticisms stand (mostly), if we restate them as âincreases in productivity and decreases in prices are beneficial only so long as the externalities are not more costly than the price discountingâ. I think all of us are now aware that the big box reseller movement was as disastrous as he suggests. I think…
What is the Difference Between Information and Statement
[I]’m working through Kripke again because I know it’s a half truth and I can’t quite put my finger on what’s missing. I know what is wrong with analytic philosophy (sets): their construction destroys information, causation, and operational construction, and therefore existential possibility. I know what’s right with information analysis: marginal difference (cause of change…
Am I Free?
[A]M I FREE? Do I have freedom of association and disassociation? (No) Do I have the freedom of creating productive, voluntary exchange? (No) Do I have freedom to retain the products of my work? (No) Do I have freedom to defend my life and property? (No) Do I have freedom to defend the commons? (No)…
An Overview of Propertarianism for Serious Newbies
Some Introductory Help: On The Use and Meaning Of “-ism’s”. https://naturallawinstitute.com/2017/02/20/the-definition-and-use-of-isms/ The Meaning of Fictionalism https://naturallawinstitute.com/2017/03/24/definition-fictionalism/ Significant Definitions https://naturallawinstitute.com/category/attributes/definitions/ Series/Sequences https://naturallawinstitute.com/category/attributes/sequences/ The Glossary https://naturallawinstitute.com/glossary/ The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html THE UNIQUENESS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: TRUTH (AGENCY, SOVEREIGNTY) 1) https://naturallawinstitute.com/2016/09/17/we-put-the-west-in-western-civilization/ 2) https://naturallawinstitute.com/2014/02/15/on-the-north-sea-peoples/ THE CENTRAL ARGUMENT – THE CONFLICT OF CIVILIZATIONS ACROSS MILLENNIA Part I –…
An Emerging History Of European Peoples
(sketch) [A]N ARCHEOLOGICAL RATHER THAN LITERARY VERSION OF EUROPEAN PEOPLE’S HISTORY The Cookery – Crossing The Galactic Plane – Accelerating Evolution? The Birth – Out of Africa in Waves and Along the Waves The Childhood – The Miracle In Afghanistan: Big Brains. The Maturity – Domestication of plants and animals. *The First Disaster: The Black…
All My Posts Referencing Rothbard’s Ghetto Ethics
[H]UMOR OR SARCASM OR TRUTH? All my posts referencing Rothbard’s Ghetto Ethics. http://www.propertarianism.com/en_US/?s=ghetto+ethics
Criticisms: Admitting Your Own Ignorance
[I]gnorance isn’t a criticism. (Instead, say “I don’t know that subject”.) Lack of understanding isn’t a criticism. (Instead, say “I don’t understand”.) Difficulty in learning isn’t a criticism. (Instead say “this is hard, so I don’t understand.”) Falsification of meaning isn’t falsification of a central argument is a criticism. (instead say “I don’t think the…