If you don’t have 2 hours of free time, or attention– maybe you’ve got 15 minutes! These Snippets are some excerpts from The Dawdler’s Philosophy Podcast that we hope may have some stand-alone value.
From E10: The Argument Argument, in this Snippet the Dawdlers rap about a Harland meme about the function of idealization in argumentation, and philosophy generally. Under the rubric of: Chimps ==== Angels ==== Gods [Always] – [Sometimes] – [Never] If we are domesticated primates, with accompanying baggage and bias, finite Read more…
From E10: The Argument Argument, this Snippet contains a sampling of some of the basic concepts included in Argumentation Theory, this discussion significantly influenced by Charles Arthur Willard’s book A Theory of Argumentation. Touched upon are: 1) Pro and Con 2) Actual Speech Acts v. Abstract Propositions 3) Enthymemes 4) Read more…