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“Just as we are not all equally able to carry a tune or draw a straight line, many people simply cannot recognize the gaps…

— Thomas M. Nichols

One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent…

— Thomas Sowell

Persons not habituated to reason often argue absurdly, because, from particular instances, they deduce general conclusions, and extend the result of their limited experience…

— Maria Edgeworth

I think we at the faculty level have to model this behavior of having people that really truly disagree with one another be able…

— Mark Schlissel

This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped in sufficient…

— Noam Chomsky

Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

— David Crystal

The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is a bit…

— Adam Davidson

Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to…

— Anonymous

“Engaging the arguments of those who hold differing opinions is always a worthy use of one’s time. It’s how we strengthen our rhetorical skills…

— Alyssa Cole

You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them…

— Moses Mendelssohn

“The lack of metacognition sets up a vicious loop, in which people who don’t know much about a subject do not know when they’re…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.

— Leonardo da Vinci