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Episode 8: Equivocating and other ways to lose
Manage episode 281363651 series 2630073
When is a door not really a door? When it's ajar! That old joke equivocates on two meanings of "ajar" In this episode we look at how equivocation can impact our reasoning, like when we ask, When is a doctor not really a doctor? We explore a few other ways that reasoning can go wrong and force us to lose in a debate. And listen until the end to hear what's planned for Episode 9.
Sources:
Matthew Dasti and Stephen Phillips, The Nyaya-sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries, Hackett Publishing, 2017. https://www.hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcoming/the-nyaya-sutra
Much Ado About Religion adapted from the Csaba Dezsö translation in the Clay Sanskrit Library, New York: NYU Press, 2005. https://nyupress.org/9780814719794/much-ado-about-religion/
Definition of "doctor" from
Merriam-Webster Online
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-history-of-doctor
OED
"doctor, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2020. Web. 20 December 2020.
Clips:
Good Morning America, December 15, 2020
"Women rally behind Jill Biden after WSJ op-ed asks her to drop 'Dr.'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHm2rzMJ-Q%200:49
“Hair-raising hare” (Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies, 1946)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPRB00xgoQ
"Expertise" (Sutras (and stuff) Season 1, Episode 6)
https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/edfmbj
Billy Madison (Universal Pictures, 1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec7rCsNFn30
Music:
Brittle Rille by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-brittle-rille
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sounds:
Monastery Bell
https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/440606/
Buzzer
https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/211103/ by qubodup
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/malcolm-keating/support39 episodes
Manage episode 281363651 series 2630073
When is a door not really a door? When it's ajar! That old joke equivocates on two meanings of "ajar" In this episode we look at how equivocation can impact our reasoning, like when we ask, When is a doctor not really a doctor? We explore a few other ways that reasoning can go wrong and force us to lose in a debate. And listen until the end to hear what's planned for Episode 9.
Sources:
Matthew Dasti and Stephen Phillips, The Nyaya-sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries, Hackett Publishing, 2017. https://www.hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcoming/the-nyaya-sutra
Much Ado About Religion adapted from the Csaba Dezsö translation in the Clay Sanskrit Library, New York: NYU Press, 2005. https://nyupress.org/9780814719794/much-ado-about-religion/
Definition of "doctor" from
Merriam-Webster Online
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-history-of-doctor
OED
"doctor, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2020. Web. 20 December 2020.
Clips:
Good Morning America, December 15, 2020
"Women rally behind Jill Biden after WSJ op-ed asks her to drop 'Dr.'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHm2rzMJ-Q%200:49
“Hair-raising hare” (Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies, 1946)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPRB00xgoQ
"Expertise" (Sutras (and stuff) Season 1, Episode 6)
https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/edfmbj
Billy Madison (Universal Pictures, 1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec7rCsNFn30
Music:
Brittle Rille by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-brittle-rille
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sounds:
Monastery Bell
https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/440606/
Buzzer
https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/211103/ by qubodup
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/malcolm-keating/support39 episodes
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