The Art of Argument

In this section, you can find notes from each of our classes. Some of these notes will be quite complete and full, others will be a bit more scrappy. This is not a course manual, but it is instead a place to share information, ideas, stray thoughts, summaries, and suggestions in a way that is easily accessible.

As these are only notes — a work in progress — please don’t see these pages as something you should be citing in your essays!

Class 12 - Stories as Persuasion

Storytelling and the arts of argument
2025-03-24
6 min read

Class 11 - Quiz and briefing

It’s assignment time!
2025-03-10
1 min read

Class 10 - Some Common Fallacies

When arguments go wrong...
2025-03-04
4 min read

Class 9 - Nyāya philosophy, and the sources of knowledge

Where does knowledge come from, and how can we be sure it is reliable?
2025-03-02
2 min read

Class 8 - Inferences

Moving from premises to conclusions
2025-02-26
6 min read

Class 7 - Logic and Argumentation

Getting logical about argumentation!
2025-02-23
3 min read

Class 6 - Practising the Art of Rhetoric

Ethos, pathos and logos
2025-02-19
2 min read

Class 5 - On the art of rhetoric

How we persuade others...
2025-02-17
4 min read

Class 4 - The Global Roots of Democracy

Democracy and the public use of reason
2025-02-12
4 min read

Class 3 - Sheep, Wayward Fathers and the Role of Argument in Moral Life

Exploring argument in divergent philosophical traditions.
2025-02-10
7 min read