For regulars at Ars Technica, the forums are as much a part of the site’s identity as the articles. And where there are forums, there are flame wars. The BattleFront is infamous for its contentious ...

Yuri Arcurs peopleimages.com / Getty Images/iStockphoto When I was in college, I remember naively signing up for a course called “Introduction to Logic.” It turned out to be one of the greatest ...

Ah, nothing like a little logical paradox for Christmas. Today we will look at how to make a valid argument—that disagrees with itself and makes no sense. Dive in to the paradox of entailment. When ...

Luc de Brabandere is a corporate philosopher. His latest book, The Art of Thinking in a Digital World: Be Logical, Be Creative, Be Critical (Peter Lang International), puts the history of thought into ...

Back in 1955, Rudolph Flesch wrote a landmark book entitled Why Johnnie Can’t Read . Someone now needs to write a book called ...

For the majority the most convincing speaker in a debate is the loudest, most wildly gesticulating person. Validity of his argument be damned. Welcome to populist politics in Pakistan and around the ...

Patent prosecution involves one side arguing for, and another side arguing against, the validity of claims in a patent application. This takes the form of a written discourse, in which an Examiner for ...

During arguments, people often use emotional appeals like being angry or offended as means of demonstrating passion or correctness. This is a habit we need to collectively break. Strong emotions do ...

I think it is both possible and necessary for people to disagree with each other constructively on important matters. All perspectives deserve to be patiently heard, regardless of how egregious they ...