diff --git "a/education/english/ENGL2010/\"Why Argument Matters\" - Aikin and Talisse.md" "b/education/english/ENGL2010/\"Why Argument Matters\" - Aikin and Talisse.md" index f4e0ceb..4b8f36a 100644 --- "a/education/english/ENGL2010/\"Why Argument Matters\" - Aikin and Talisse.md" +++ "b/education/english/ENGL2010/\"Why Argument Matters\" - Aikin and Talisse.md" @@ -3,4 +3,16 @@ - Our beliefs guide and determine our behavior - Others care how we behave - If beliefs lead to behavior, then controlling beliefs means controlling behaviors -- Argumw \ No newline at end of file +- Argumentative skills are self defensive +- Diverting attention away from reasons makes those reasons easier to accept +- Making opponents of a belief "The Enemy" is another way to make a belief easier to accept +- Manipulation of beliefs can generally be categorized as diverting manipulation and distorting manipulation +- Everyone aims to be in possession of the truth +- Knowing why you believe a certain way is important, perhaps more important than the beliefs themselves. +- Cognitive success is being correct, cognitive command is understanding why +- Cognitive command doesn't necessarily guarantee correctness, but it enables one to rationally correct themselves +- Pushback helps develop more complete understanding +- When you only interact with people that agree with you, your beliefs become more extreme. +- Deliberative democracy is healthy +- Democracy relies on the ability to undo change, ala "we make changes and learn from them as we approach the ideal" +- Everyone believes that they haven't been duped. \ No newline at end of file