Critical Thinking

The Moment She died the clock stopped

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richard feynman

Richard Feynman tells the following story about the time when his wife Arline died. It was 1945. She was in her 20s and sadly had tuberculosis. They had only been married two years. Below is an extract from his book, Surely Your Joking Mr. Feynman, describing what happened while he was working in Los Alamos … Read more

Informal vs Formal Fallacy – What is the Difference?

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fallacies

We generally understand that a fallacy is where we make a mistake in our thinking. What is the difference between an informal and formal fallacy, what does that actually mean?

I’ve written up a few notes on this.