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Tag Archives: Bill O’Reilly

Bill O’Reilly “If I don’t understand it…”

Posted on September 11, 2014 by jburt


Quite a good way to revise (inspired by this video and an excellent post from http://blogorganon.blogspot.co.uk/) might be to remind yourself of the difference between an argument ‘from ignorance’ and one from ‘personal incredulity’.

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