Let’s break it down — Critical Thinking Gym Lesson 28 — Disclaimer: I do not endorse any of the arguments in my series. The following excerpts are taken from this article, which was written in the context of two recent mass shootings in California. California already has all of the gun-control laws that the Democrats wish to add federally — including…

Q&A with ChatGPT — For those unaware, ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that has quickly become famous for its ability to generate well-written responses to a variety of prompts. I have been playing around with it to see what kind of responses I get and to see if there is any discernable…

One of the things you learn in philosophy is that terms are hard to define. — Let’s start with the word “philosopher.” What’s a philosopher? “Philosophy” means love of wisdom, so you may say that a philosopher is anyone who loves wisdom. Okay, but that’s not how I use that word. I use the word to describe people who generally possess a particular set of traits. …

Let’s Break It Down — Critical Thinking Gym Lesson 27 — Disclaimer: I do not endorse any of the arguments in my series. The following argument was taken from here. The most straightforward argument against mass loan forgiveness is that its benefits are skewed towards the rich. The top fifth of households holds $3 in student loans for every $1 held…

Let’s break it down — Critical Thinking Gym Lesson 26 — Disclaimer: I do not endorse any of the arguments in my series. Here is an argument that I have seen widely distributed on the internet. It says the following: It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter when life beings. It doesn’t matter whether a fetus is a human being or not. …

Let’s break it down — Critical Thinking Gym Lesson 25 — Here is an argument against buying meat from factory farms.

Let’s break it down — Critical Thinking Gym Lesson 24 — Disclaimer: I do not endorse any of the arguments in my series. The following excerpts are taken from this article. Beggars ask those of us who are more fortunate to do something for them and they are well within their rights to do so. Often, they ask explicitly, sometimes they…

Slow but steady. — For those of you not familiar with my work, I write articles in which I break down real-life arguments into their basic parts. It is a way of teaching logic and critical thinking. …

Let’s break it down — Critical Thinking Gym Lesson 23 — Disclaimer: I do not endorse any of the arguments in my series. The following excerpt was taken from this article. born human beings — adults, children, babies, and people who are severely cognitively challenged — are, unlike embryos and beginning fetuses, all conscious, sentient beings with a perspective on the…