tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796169656211771238.post8934312306729640770..comments2022-03-26T08:29:44.266-07:00Comments on Making Progress: Best approach to disputes in the Objectivist movement?Burgess Laughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796169656211771238.post-7834605569995446142013-08-02T06:38:32.125-07:002013-08-02T06:38:32.125-07:00Yes, I think asking myself to look for errors in m...Yes, I think asking myself to look for errors in my thinking is always appropriate. <br /><br />Even more important would be the positive question: Have I drawn all of my conclusions logically from facts of sense-perceptible reality? In other words, am I being objective?<br /><br />Both the negative and the positive should always apply.<br /><br />Another helpful technique would be to write out one's position: a review of the facts, one's argument, and one's conclusion. Reviewing a written statement makes uncovering errors easier.<br /><br />Another advantage of a written statement is that it allows one to simply post a link to it and not waste time in fragmented commentary in the snowstorm of threads that appear around controversies. Written statements, if comprehensive, provide complete arguments not merely fragments of arguments.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796169656211771238.post-61747648043788560252013-08-02T05:25:11.927-07:002013-08-02T05:25:11.927-07:00I would like to add another question to the list. ...I would like to add another question to the list. Is there a thinking error involved such as context dropping, rationalism, etc.<br /><br />David McBride<br />Prometheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415882691993927347noreply@blogger.com