Tag: language

The idea of ‘Consent’

13 Apr 2009 by Lisa in Articles, Philosophy, Politics

This is a just pet-peeve of mine. I sometimes hear arguments regarding the ‘consent’ clause of the Declaration of Independence that seem to imply that one must consent to a just government and from that follows the idea that anything goes as long as one consents. I have to weigh in on this. In a [...]

Beginner’s Doublespeak: Equivocations

2 Feb 2009 by Lisa in Articles, Doublespeak

Doublespeak is a type of logical fallacy known as equivocation. Equivocation is the use in a logical argument of a word that has two or more distinct meanings. The purpose of using Doublespeak is to evade real debate by confusing or obfuscating. In any spoken language, words naturally change over time, either in form or [...]