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[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Country to President: "delete ur account!"

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Never mind the bullocks, it's....

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

A short interview with PHILOSOPHIE magazine... @philomag

https://t.co/SRuuH2wpkK

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

I'm in St. Louis late this week, doing a few things at Wash U. If you're around, stop by and say hi.

https://t.co/pgH9CAfqjL

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

THIS FRIDAY in NYC: Join us for this conference in memory of Virginia Held. Note that there's an online option. If you're around, let me know and we can plan to catch up

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

NYC pals: if you're around next Friday, it'd be great to see you.

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A memorial conference for Virginia Held - Friday, October 16 at the @CUNY Grad Center (@GradCenterNews). See you there...
https://t.co/6duL3ufUPE

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

The "clearing the decks" fallacy:

1. Hold opposing views to ultra-high dialectical standards, and show they can't meet them

2. With opposing views thusly dismissed, your view is the only game in town. So drop the dialectical standards and simply assert your view. QED.

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Aikin and me in the latest issue of *Informal Logic*, on the Curative Fallacy
https://t.co/89VN8osqGu

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Next Week (6/18-19): I'm keynoting a conference on *The Challenges of Hostile Epistemology* at the University of Rijeka in Croatia. If you're around, stop by and say hi

https://t.co/YraVVRRt6y

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

It's just a question

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My work is discussed in this article by @DeborahKennyHVA in the latest @TIME
https://t.co/sS281QgzKJ

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

A little piece I wrote for @ConversationUS proposing that the president's most ridiculously false statements aren't really lies...
https://t.co/r6izAa0ANF

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

"She's In Parties" - Bauhaus. I've done this one before, but there's something about a distorted telecaster with lots of chorus that brings out my inner Daniel Ash...

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The central tenet of the predominant political movement of our day is that only its devotees are truly American

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When people "practice politics the right way," they occasionally change their mind about stuff

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

I'm on the latest episode of Philosophy Bites talking about the civic value of solitude. Take a listen!
https://t.co/aN4ZpHXgV5

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Just released on the Philosophy Bites podcast: @RobertTalisse on Civic Solitude…Find this episode at https://t.co/94ISWCTJzz, on Spotify or Apple Podcasts

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Off to the University of Kansas in Lawrence tomorrow for this weekend conference on civility. It's a full schedule, but if you're around let me know...
https://t.co/2dwayQ9p1f

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Sometimes a book review misses the point