Truth Argument Feelings

[Taking a break from “the four axioms of an argument” rant] How ought one to be?  How should one conduct oneself as a member of society?  The answer to this is captured by the word dharma, which means just that.  Traditionally, dharma depends on one’s belief system, though it should not be interpreted as belief… Continue reading How To Be

I had hoped to start this blog post with some movement away from my obsession with the “first axiom of an exposition” namely a statement, nowadays referred to as “problem and background”, that asserts a “self-evident truth” in the old-fashioned sense.  However, I felt I was not quite done with it, so I will reiterate… Continue reading Truth and Argument Part III

In my previous blog post, I advocated for the (ancient and current) method of laying out a point of view or an argument beginning with stating an incontrovertible, self-evident, immediate truth.  This truth is better stated the more inevitably it leads to the both the goal and the approach that one (whoever is developing the… Continue reading Truth and Argument Part II

People argue vehemently often and with no conclusion over what is, and over what ought to be.  The result is usually that at the end of an argument, there’s a greater divide between the combatants– because that’s what they usually turn out to be – than at the start.  It would seem at least what… Continue reading Truth and Argument Part I