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Fallacies: Ad Hominem

Among fallacies, this is one of the easiest to recognize. We must be careful to guard against it, but also to be careful not to recognize it where it does not exist. “Ad Hominem” is short for “argumentum ad hominem”, which is “argument against the person” in Latin. Basically, this

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

What is It? Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a psychological concept describing human motivation in terms of our need to get more basic (or low-level) needs met before we try to meet more high-level needs. Before describing this, it should be noted that this is an idea and

Propaganda

Author: Edward Bernays Published: 1928 Edward Bernays deserves to be put on the list of “most interesting people that few have heard of”. He is known as “the father of public relations”. He was, perhaps, the early innovator of much of advertising and public relations today. He is arguably the

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