How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #2
Before we dive into the big questions of philosophy, you need to know how to argue properly. We'll start with an overview of philosophical reasoning and breakdown of how deductive arguments...
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. Aristotle once described humans as “the rational animal.” Well, actually, he said that “man is the rational animal,” but we don’t have to be sexist just because he was. And if you’ve ever gotten into an argument with someone about religion or politics or which Hemsworth is the hottest, then you’ve experienced how irrational people can be about their opinions. But what Aristotle meant is that rationality is our distinguishing characteristic – it’s what sets us apart from the beasts. And no matter how much you disagree with someone about God or Obama or Chris Hemsworth, you can at least grant that they are not beasts. Because, most of t...
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. Aristotle once described humans as “the rational animal.” Well, actually, he said that “man is the rational animal,” but we don’t have to be sexist just because he was. And if you’ve ever gotten into an argument with someone about religion or politics or which Hemsworth is the hottest, then you’ve experienced how irrational people can be about their opinions. But what Aristotle meant is that rationality is our distinguishing characteristic – it’s what sets us apart from the beasts. And no matter how much you disagree with someone about God or Obama or Chris Hemsworth, you can at least grant that they are not beasts. Because, most of t...
