Reasoning skills are Bethany Barnosky’s specialty. Today, Mrs. Barnosky is joining me on the show to talk about teaching and learning logic, applying critical thinking…
Happy Monday! Today, we’re discussing the Red Herring fallacy. Let’s get distracted, shall we? The Red Herring is a classic argumentative tactic used to distract…
Mind-reading isn’t just for cheap party tricks. Did you know that it is also a legitimate argumentative tactic? Mind-reading occurs when someone feels the need…
We’ve all heard of “fake news,” especially in the last four years. It is thrown around liberally and pretty indiscriminately, to the point that it…
“I’ve already blown my diet…may as well have dessert!” If you’ve ever said or thought this, then congratulations! You’ve received your official introduction into the…
It’s all about balance…or is it? In this episode of the AOD podcast, we’re talking a bit about the fallacy of False Equivalence, a.k.a. “Bothsiderism.”…
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about being persuasive (what it is NOT, and what it really is), a couple key components of any attempt…
Howdy! On today’s episode of the AOD podcast, we’re going to be talking about the Tu Quoque or Appeal to Hypocrisy fallacy, where an accused…
Welcome to the third and final episode in our back-to-school miniseries! Today we’re going to go over six evaluative questions you can ask when something…
Losing control is no fun. You know how it is–either your fear or your anger gets so overwhelming that you do or say irrational, embarrassing…