Top o' the Stack.
Clear thinking provided; vicious abstraction opposed.
Once again, I take on Howlin' Wolff, the Stoned Philosopher. (In all fairness, his little book on anarchism is excellent, and he is a good Kant scholar.)
Memo to self: write a separate post on vicious abstraction, an informal fallacy, undiscussed as far as I know.
Bill,
Let me again express my gratitude for your work and ideas. They help to challenge or otherwise call my attention to things I sometimes forget, don’t consider properly etc. Thank you.
The esteemed readers of this useful blog would do well to have a well read copy of “How to Lie with Statistics” in their library.
Here is a brief summary and review.
https://thepowermoves.com/how-to-lie-with-statistics/
EG,
You’re welcome!
Joe,
Thanks for the reference.
See also: https://williamfvallicella.substack.com/p/why-are-people-so-easy-to-swindle