Reason+and+Emotion

**Reason and Emotion:**
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How to distinguish deductive and inductive reasoning.

Video:
An explanation of the nature of a "good argument" from British comedians! media type="custom" key="21126184"

media type="custom" key="21809684" Non sequitur (argument where one thing doesn't follow the next)
 * Excellent animations outlining logical fallacies:**

media type="custom" key="21809706" Getting personal, a form of argument otherwise known as //ad hominem.// The video also touches on expert evidence and the role it should play in helping us make judgements.

Watch the RSA animation of the thoughts of Jeremy Rifkin, a top thinker on AOK from ethics to politics. Consider the implications of his thesis. Note that his thesis draws on a scientific proposition. media type="custom" key="21164758"

Articles:
An article exploring the logic put forward by philosopher Stephen Pinker that violence is not rational. It is suggested that this argument only works on ethical, not rational grounds. Note that if Pinker is right, more weight is being added to Rifkin's views above. If however Pinker's challenger is right, Rifkin's ideas in the above video may, in part, be wrong.

Needs no explanation, the title says it all!

Exploration of the extremes of empathy - those with virtually none and those so empathic that they suffer from something called **mirror touch synaesthesia.** The article also raises questions about the workings of the criminal justice system and the corresponding ethical debate attached to the issue of people who behave in a way that is alien to society because of a lack of empathy.

An interesting look at the **counter intuitive nature** of emotion in court cases.

Early attempts at mapping the brain were begun by Joseph Gall. He labelled the "science", **phrenology.** Take a look at the below, massage your mates' heads and see whether they would have been classified as criminals or geniuses!

http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n01/frenolog/frenmap.htm


 * PPT From Mr. Jones' class:**