For regulars at Ars Technica, the forums are as much a part of the site’s identity as the articles. And where there are forums, there are flame wars. The BattleFront is infamous for its contentious ...

A premise is the assumption of an argument that is meant to justify the conclusion the one making the argument is hoping you’ll come to. If one fails to establish the premise to his argument, one ...

Like most disciplines, philosophy has its own methodology, its own approach to inquiry. A central goal of this course is to learn and apply that methodology, which will most likely diverge in ...

Parts of arguments are either true or false—unless they are vague or ambiguous, in which case they are indeterminate. But arguments themselves, taken as a whole, are either valid or invalid. An ...

uThe content of the premises of the argument can be criticized. This kind of evaluation is called a content criticism. uThe relationship between the premises and the conclusion can be criticized. This ...

Ah, nothing like a little logical paradox for Christmas. Today we will look at how to make a valid argument—that disagrees with itself and makes no sense. Dive in to the paradox of entailment. When ...

The LSAT logical reasoning section asks about sufficient and necessary assumptions behind arguments. It's important to carefully distinguish these two kinds of questions. Each involves a different ...

Belief bias is one of the most common forms of cognitive bias. It has probably altered your acceptance of arguments more than you would like to admit. Belief bias is a type of cognitive bias wherein ...

"I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side," said GK Chesterton. "I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side." Arguments are attempts to persuade by ...