In A Nutshell Researchers tested two types of moral arguments on 375 Americans: one focused on preventing harm and ensuring ...

Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by considering a strong argument against religious faith, against the existence ...

Study finds repeating instructions improves argument evaluation. People got modestly better at spotting flawed claims with ...

As you may have figured out from the focus of my ongoing blog, my book and my previous research, critical thinking (CT) is my specialty area of research. However, perhaps something that I don’t ...

The Slippery Slope Argument is an argument that concludes that if an action is taken, other negative consequences will follow. For example, “If event X were to occur, then event Y would (eventually) ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been recording conversations about my new book, “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious,” and one of the striking things — not unexpected, but still interesting — is ...

I was living in England and working as an Anglican priest when the Church of England finished debating the question of women’s ordination. The Church was in great turmoil over the question, and many ...

Recently I posted a new paper on SSRN, "In Praise of Ignoring Facts." It's a critical review of Jack Balkin's book Memory and Authority: The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation, part of a ...