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Conflict Between the Ten Commandments and the Constitution and the People who Think the Two Can Be Appealed to for Public PolicyI’m supposed to be working on a paper but what I heard got me so worked up, I had to write something about it. NPR was broadcasting a debate between contestants in the Texas […]
Read More Rant: Conflict Between the Ten Commandments and the ConstitutionIt’s probably because there’s an exam next week, but quite a few students come in for my office hours for the logic class that I TA. For those of you who aren’t familiar with doing formal logic proofs they are mechanical, at least at the basic level. Think of it as math. You have […]
Read More How to Teach Formal Logic in TexasTexas. When this state is mentioned few people have neutral impressions. For people that were born here I’m sure they imagine positive things like friendly people, bbq’s, wholesome farm living, and sweet, sweet baby Jesus. For those of us that grew up far from this mystical land we generally imagine negative things such […]
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Wrestling with Philosophy 