Podcasts about Special pleading

In debates and discussions about the Trinity and the identity of God, the fallacy of special pleading (or "moving the goalposts") often occurs. This fallacy takes place when one person changes the conditions or definition of their original argument when a counter-argument has met the original conditions, resulting in the original claim being moved farther away in order to avoid admitting the strength of the counter-argument. This week's episode offers several examples of the case of special pleading in debates about God and Christ, shows why they are unhelpful in having charitable conversations, and offers tips on avoiding this common logical fallacy. Visit Amazon to buy your copy of my new book Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John: https://a.co/d/6nFEbZg       Please consider supporting this Podcast and future projects by donating at: https://www.paypal.me/10mintruthtalks            To view the notes from this episode please click the link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TrxH4i6H_VYCDJ7LDiRPdClEWLDpWQpekivExvUEGks/edit?usp=sharing           Check out some of my videos on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@BiblicalUnitarianPodcast             Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/OneGodPodcast  

Christians routinely make general, over-broad rules about nature, the supernatural, religions and gods. Then proceed to say they don't apply in their case. They very well do! And we set about to explain the logical fallacy of Special Pleading.

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Today, Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity explains why his special pleading isn't special pleading by using special pleading.Sources:Evolution of the Universe: https://go.nature.com/2T4ezIaWilliam Lane Craig and Sean Carroll - God and Cosmology: https://bit.ly/3dfSqy9Original Video: https://bit.ly/3tRu4Q9Cards:What's Your Evidence for the Lack of Evidence?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diukMUqmU_c

Real life: I almost named this episode "Because Reasons," but decided not to since I figured that while it would be very entertaining for me, it would not be so great for search engines. It's true. Anyway. Today we're doing an overview of the Special Pleading Fallacy. In a nutshell, it is the exemption of a person or premise from a generally accepted rule, without justification for the exemption. In other words: an exception to the rule...because reasons. (Get it now?? heheh.) We're going over a more in-depth definition, several very relevant examples of this fallacy in the real world, and lastly, some good questions to ask in response to a Special Pleading fallacy. Have a blessed and restful Thanksgiving, you wonderful people! Show notes: http://theartofdeceit.com/episode-19-special-pleading-fallacy/

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders & Celestia Ward https://www.2headsstudios.com https://squaringthestrange.libsyn.com 0:09:24 Homeopaths Caught Out.... Again! Michael Marshall from the Good Thinking Society Marsh talks about the philosophy behind his podcast, 'Be Reasonable' that invites believers to have their say. Also the investigations of the Good Thinking Society into the claims being made by UK Homeopaths about treatment for COVID-19. Also Skeptics in the Pub online. http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts https://www.twitch.tv/sitp 0:30:19 Logical Fallacies. With Michelle Bijkersma This week Michelle looks at "Special Pleading". This is when instead of admitting your point of view or argument is wrong, you try and find a loop-hole that gives you an ‘out’ and saves you from defeat. It is also when a person makes an exception to a universal principle because they are holding on tight to a belief that doesn’t align with that principle. A Logical Fallacy is an error we can make in reasoning, but it usually crops up when we are discussing or arguing our point of view. 0:36:53 Past Bent Spoon winners vie for the dishonour in 2020 In the 38 years of the Australian Skeptics’ Bent Spoon Award, issued to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle, we have never had the need to award this dishonour to the same person twice. However, with the current COVID-19 situation impacting on the whole world, some of the Bent Spoon winners from past years have suddenly and dramatically thrown their hats into the ring for 2020. - Story by Richard Saunders and Tim Mendham https://www.skeptics.com.au/2020/04/16/past-bent-spoon-winners-vie-for-the-dishonour-in-2020   0:44:21 The Book of Tim - With Tim Mendham Review of 'The Science of Miracles' Tim gives us his thoughts of this book by lenganady investigator of all this paranormal, Joe Nickell. Tim pays special attention to Joe's look at the 'Miracle of Fátima' from 1917. http://www.skeptics.com.au Also Maynard's 2020 Calendar http://maynard.com.au/2020-maynard-calendar Skepticon 2020 https://www.gcskeptics.com/skepticon-2020

TALK HEATHEN 04.06 for 2020-02-09 with Eric Murphy & Kevin SteinSHOW TIME-STAMPS00:06:08 Hermer - NY - He’s BAAAAACK! Still on the salt thing.00:10:36 Arthur - TX - Would like to discuss belief due to personal experiences.00:33:07 Kyran - FL - Why is it moral that Lucifer was cast out of heaven?00:42:00 Tyler - MI - God must exist because abiogenesis was debunked.01:01:49 Hayden - DE - Former “Atheist”, was introduced to theism. Recoverted!01:22:09 Ethan - IL - Will be participating in a debate, would like to figure out goals.01:29:55 Tam - Vietnam - Has the definite source of morality: It’s…01:40:23 Daniel - CA - Which is more honest, The Book of Eric or the Bible?SHOW NOTESGreetings heathens! Today’s Talk Heathen is going to be awesome! Eric Murphy is joined by Kevin Stein in taking calls. Let’s get to calls. Hermer calls us (again!) from a cavern deep inside the Earth, he hasn’t fixed his phone or it could be a voice changer, hmmm. He proceeds to justify Lot’s wife turning into salt because sweat tastes like salt (again, sigh.) Eric asks if he has ever seen anyone turn to salt or watched someone fly. He resorts to talking like a “demon”. Oh, you’re a poe. BYE!Arthur from Fort Worth, Texas calls in to talk about some personal experiences he thinks were supernatural. Kevin gets straight to the point: How do you confirm and verify these experiences? The following caller named Kyran from Florida would like to talk about JW and a hypothetical about their beliefs in the devil. Was it moral that Lucifer was cast out of heaven by God? Interesting hypothetical question, not sure why he’s asking atheists, but it’s an interesting story.Oh, you’ll love this… The next caller in the queue is Tyler B. Tyler from Mississippi who was riling up the live-chat during the show. We kept a line open for him specifically. He is wanting to discuss abiogenesis and how there is no evidence for it and there is only a living god that created everything. Pot, Kettle, God of the Gaps and Special Pleading fallacies, what?Next up, Hayden in Delaware was a former “Atheist” turned Theist. Claims as an atheist he was (like all atheists) close-minded so he became a theist again. Hmmm, interesting. Coming in like a wrecking-ball, we have Ethan up next. He’s in Illinois. Sorry, there’s no correlation there. Chicago is cold this time of year. Anyway, Ethan is wondering how to approach his next debate about making goals within a debate. Good Luck Ethan! Hope your debate on tuesday goes well!Tam in Vietnam has the definite source of morality. It’s.... the behavior of a species that encourages reproduction and the balance of those being born and those dying. I am not sure how human survival is moral, have you seen what we are doing to our home planet? Our last caller of the day, Daniel in California wants to talk about which book is more honest, the Book of Eric or the Bible. (We all agree, the Book of Eric is more honest.) Being pushed to a point, he asks about the “God Particle.” Google is a wonderful place, Daniel. I think you’ll find a wealth of information there. And that’s it folks, see you all next week!

In the twenty-fifth episode we explore the Special Pleading Fallacy, with examples from Trump talking about hiring foreign workers and Sean Spicer on golf.In Mark's British Politics Corner we look at Theresa May avoiding a question about Brexit and Russell Brand explaining why he doesn't vote.In The Fallacy in the Wild, we check out examples from Frasier and James Randi debunking a fake psychokineticist.Then we talked about our new competition, which you can enter at http://fallacioustrump.com/deadpool Jim and Mark go head to head in a game of Fake News, the game where Mark has to guess which of three Trump quotes Jim made up.We play a quick promo from the Context and Clarity podcast.And then we discuss Trump's inability to understand tariffs and trade deficits.And finally, we round up some of the other crazy Trump stories from the past week.The full show notes for this episode can be found at our new website at http://fallacioustrump.com/ft25You can contact the guys at pod@fallacioustrump.com, on Twitter @FallaciousTrump, or facebook at facebook.com/groups/fallacioustrumpSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/fallacious-trump/donations

Last week I wrote an article about how Socialists deny that scarcity exists by the very nature of their ideas. Today's episode is about this article. It also explains some common logical fallacies socialists engage in when they "Debate".Socialists Deny that Scarcity ExistsEpisode 185 – Special Pleading and Motte and BaileyLogical Anarchy MerchandiseTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The “Shift” Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Today's episode is about "Thick" and "Thin" libertarianism. "Thin" libertarianism is the position many like myself take that advocates for strict private property rights. The Thickists believe that this is inadequate and that libertarianism should include things like feminism, liberal views on sexuality and gender, racism, and so on. This can create some blatant contradictions that mean "Thick" libertarianism is no longer "libertarian".How to Become a Left LibertarianEpisode 185 – Special Pleading and Motte and BaileyLogical Anarchy MerchandiseTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The “Shift” Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Is pollution aggression? Does it violate the NAP? Can we own the ocean? These are all questions a left anarchist asked me about Anarcho-Capitalism. The funny thing is that they criticized my response to them and instead put forth their left anarchist anti-private property perspective as the solution to it. They seem to lack self reflection....The original FB threadLaw, Property Rights, and Air PollutionThe Tom Woods Show Ep. 548 Privatize the OceanEpisode 184 – A Clarification of Terms Regarding Homesteading, Property, and LaborEpisode 185 – Special Pleading and Motte and BaileyLogical Anarchy MerchandiseTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The “Shift” Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Statists, and in particular leftists, have two kinds of logically fallacies as their primary debate tactics. They are "Motte and Bailey" and "Special Pleading". None of that is actually intellectually honest and today's episode is an explanation as to why that is.All in all, another brick on the motteThe Vacuity of Postmodernist MethodologyFallacy: Special PleadingCheck out MoneyMetals.com and Protect Yourself EconomicallyLogical Anarchy MerchandiseTom Woods Liberty ClassroomInterested in Bitcoin as an alternative to US Dollars? Use our Coinbase link!If you sign up with our coinbase link and purchase $100 in bitcoin, you will recieve an extra $10 from coinbase.The “Shift” Bitcoin debit card is through coinbase as well.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show with Bitcoin HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml 

Sometimes you apply a double standard to the things you love, the things you believe, and the things crucial to your identity, and often you do so without realizing it. Special pleading is all about searching for exemptions and excuses for why a standard, or a rule, or a description, or a definition does not apply to something that you hold dear. It's also used to explain away how something extraordinary fails to stand up to scrutiny, or why there is a lack of evidence for a difficult-to-believe claim. In this episode, listen as three experts in logic and reasoning dive deep into the odd thinking behind the special pleading fallacy. • Show Notes: http://bit.ly/208Sv6V • Patreon: www.patreon.com/youarenotsosmart • Donate Directly through PayPal: www.paypal.me/DavidMcRaney SPONSORS • SquareSpace: www.squarespace.com - Offer Code SoSmart • The Great Courses Plus: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/smart • MIT Press: mitpress.mit.edu/smart See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All enlightened critical thinkers agree, this is the best podcast on fallacies going around. And this episode on Special Pleading is one of the best we’ve produced to date. If you disagree, it’s because you don’t have the kind of cognition and sensibility required to recognise quality. It could also be because of the environment in which you are listening to it, the type of music player you are using and/or your headphones. If you had decent equipment and were in a place that allowed you to concentrate properly, you’d no doubt agree with me…Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0036.mp3The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for less than US$3 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Argument from Miracles for the Existence of God, Part 1" with listeners in this 9 April 2015 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com

Philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell discussed "Argument from Miracles for the Existence of God, Part 1" with listeners in this 9 April 2015 episode of Philosophy in Action Radio. http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com

Giant asteroid strikes have been used to explain a host of weird things about the solar system. The question is, is doing so a form of special pleading, or is there a good reason to blame these impact events?

This episode is a re-scripted and re-recorded version of the original. The original was just too flawed so I redid it.

Skepticism 101 - Special Pleading