The Fallacy of False Analogy and Mercedes Benz
This short commercial tells the story of Raymond. Raymond, it seems, has denied himself ice cream despite desperately wanting it and having no real...
Michael Scott and Standpoint Epistemology
In this video, Michael Scott reveals his utter ignorance about the structure of the socialworld in a diversity training in The Office’s second episode,...
Philosophy of Perception and Biology
The short video presents some interesting facts about the mantis shrimp in a comical way and it emphasizes how unusually the shrimp’s eyes are...
Henchpersons and the Problem of Induction
The Venture Brothers, a long-running Cartoon Network series, often plays on tropes and themes common in action shows and comics. In the clip, from...
The Brawndo Fallacy or Circular Reasoning
This movie clip, from the movie Idiocracy (2006), presents a future version of Earth where the average intelligence has dropped. They cannot grow crops...
Saturday Night Live and Paradigm Shifts
In this comedy clip from Saturday Night Live “magicians” perform mind bending tricks. Suddenly the explanation to the tricks is revealed and the viewer...
Monty Python Witch Trial: Validity, Soundness, and the Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle
In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), there is a scene involving a Witch Burning Trial that I use in my critical thinking...