Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Terrorist and Non-Terrorist Gun-Related Deaths

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. 


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3 responses to “Terrorist and Non-Terrorist Gun-Related Deaths”

  1. EG Avatar
    EG

    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.

  2. Joe Odegaard Avatar

    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/

  3. BV Avatar
    BV

    EG,
    You’re welcome!
    Joe,
    Thanks for the reference.
    See also: https://williamfvallicella.substack.com/p/why-are-people-so-easy-to-swindle

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