Lucas Blogs About Give Them An Argument
Pretty sure something is getting DESTROYED with FACTS and LOGIC on this cover. So, what's this book's deal? Well, the deal with Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left is that it's a pamphlet by Rutgers University Philosophy professor Ben Burgis. And the deal of said pamphlet is . . . That philosophy and logic should not be thought of as primarily tools of the political Right. You see, an extremely online person might be aware of a certain political commentator ( seen here demonstrating his ignorance of the adversarial interview technique and his interlocutor's political leanings ) who proclaims that, "Facts don't care about your feelings." A statement which, while true, tells you more about the speaker (it's Ben Shapiro, I don't know why I didn't just say his name outright, there's a cartoon of him being shushed by David Hume on the cover) than anything else. Less online people are probably at least tangentially aware of ...