A standard method for refuting a set of claims is to show that it implies a contradiction. Stephen Clark questions this method on the grounds that the Law of Non-Contradiction, together with the other ...

In his new book, Crimes Against Logic (McGraw-Hill), Jamie Whyte attacks the fallacious arguments put forth by politicians, pundits and self-help gurus, among others. Erik Strand spoke to Whyte, ...

Berkeley, the first city to ban Styrofoam and wood-fired pizza ovens, could become the first to enact Aristotle's ancient law of logic -- that every entity is equal to itself. In a philosophical ...