Core Concepts
The rule “Don’t do to others what you wouldn’t want done to you.”
What is the Silver Rule?
Only using evidence that supports your view and ignoring the rest.
What is cherry-picking (biased evidence)?
This guideline says to treat evidence equally, regardless of whose view it supports.
What is being even-handed?
What is Prof. Bowdens first name?
Treating others’ ideas the way you’d want yours treated.
What is the Intellectual Golden Rule?
Applying fairness to how we evaluate ideas and arguments.
What is intellectual fairness
Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.
What is a straw man?
Focus on this instead of people’s motives.
What are arguments (or evidence/substance)?
Where did Professor Bowden get her MA
What is The Ohio State University
interpreting someone’s argument in its strongest, most reasonable form.
What is intellectual charity?
Treating your own views and others’ views by the same standards.
What is even-handedness?
Explaining someone’s view by attacking their intentions instead of their argument.
What is attacking motives?
Before criticizing, you should do this to someone’s argument.
What is summarize it fairly?
What is Prof. Bowdens main area of study
Greek and roman philosophy/stoics and skeptisim
Intellectual charity requires assuming this about others (when reasonable).
What is that they are rational/reasonable thinkers?
The intellectual version of the Silver Rule.
What is the Intellectual Silver Rule?
Using stricter standards for others’ arguments than your own.
What are double standards?
This guideline warns against explaining others’ beliefs as stupidity.
What is being slow to disparage intelligence?
when did prof. Bowden start teaching at denison?
When is 2023
True or False: Intellectual charity means agreeing with everyone.
What is False?
The virtue that goes beyond fairness by actively helping others think well.
What is intellectual charity?
Judging someone as unintelligent because they hold a false belief.
What is an unfair inference / intellectual unfairness?
The habit of using the same standards for your own beliefs and others’.
What is avoiding double standards?
What animal does prof. Bowden despise (Max cannot answer or help)
What is the Golden Retriever
Intellectual charity still values this, even when being generous to others.
What is truth?