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Bad Logic


Submitted by Cynthia on August 3, 2008 - 7:57am


Along the lines of the 'why does rhetoric have such a bad reputation' lament, comes this story today on NPR about a young Hispanic woman who discovered philosophy as her ticket out of her poor social conditions. That's good, but the problem with her story is that she credits 'logic' with being the great equalizer.