Good Writing…

Since I am blogging more I definitely should pay attention to this advice.

Justin Taylor

Good Reading and Good Thinking as a Prerequisite to Good Writing

To make a convincing argument you have to fulfill all three of the following conditions:

1. Your terms are clear.
2. Your premises are true.
3. Your logic is valid.

If you want to critique someone’s argument, you have to show an error in just one of the following:

1. They are using a term ambiguously.
2. They are using a false premise.
3. They are committing a logical fallacy (i.e., the argument is invalid; the conclusion does not follow from the premises).

Read the above link for more details as to how to get to this conclusion.

Justin Taylor

C.S. Lewis’s Advice on Writing Well