What Philosophy Can Do
assessment of value and limitations.
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
bogus arguments,
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
The Principle of Charity will keep us focused on the issues most relevant to making our case. But effective arguments also require appeal to relevant evidence (facts and principles supporting or opposing a position).
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
Success,
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
To have good reason to think that my argument adequately supports my view, I have to be thoroughly acquainted with my opponents’ best arguments. Only then can I tell whether I have ignored any evidence relevant to my conclusion.
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
assessment of value and limitations.
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
freedom of thought and correctness of thought,
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
observational studies.
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
Any inductive argument for a conclusion is an implicit challenge for opponents to produce evidence that will reverse it.