27: Is arguing a good thing? What makes for a sound argument?

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Stthomasaquinas, Saintthomasaquinas, Mattfradd, Theology, Catholic, Dominican, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 October 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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You've been asking me for some episodes on logic and argumentation so here you go! This is the first part in a three part series on logic and argumentation. Today we'll discuss what an argument is and why we should argue! We'll also look at the two main types of arguments and what the three things are that is necessary for a good argument.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pints with Aquinas episode 27. I'm Matt Frad.
0:06.8	Today we'll be discussing logic and argumentation.
0:11.0	This is the first part in a three-part series that you have been asking me for.
0:16.0	And so here it is, Buckle Up.
0:18.2	Great to have you back here at Pints with Aquinas.
0:32.1	This is the show where you and I would normally pull up a bar stool next to the angelic doctor
0:37.0	to discuss theologian philosophy.
0:38.8	But today you just stuck with me.
0:40.5	Okay?
0:41.5	And we're going to be discussing, well, just philosophy, really.
0:45.1	A branch of philosophy is logic.
0:47.7	And it's not something that all of us took in high school or college, which is unfortunate.
0:52.4	This summer, past summer, I was giving a talk at Benedict and College in Kansas.
0:59.1	And I asked those I was speaking to, how many of you studied logic in high school?
1:04.6	And about three hands went up.
1:07.4	There was about 50 in the room.
1:09.0	And then I said, who weren't homeschooled?
1:12.6	And of course, those three hands dropped.
1:15.1	So it's unfortunate, I think, that we don't teach argumentation, argumentation, and logic
1:21.2	to our kids.
1:22.8	And I never learned it in high school.
1:24.2	It wasn't until I went to college.
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