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    Middle Ground.Grant Sterling - 2018-05-09 - In Robert Arp, Steven Barbone & Michael Bruce (eds.), Bad Arguments. Wiley. pp. 367–368.
    This chapter focuses on one of the common fallacies in Western philosophy, 'middle ground (MG)'. Like almost all fallacies, MG is prevalent because it closely resembles a non‐fallacious way of reasoning. In many disputes, especially when there is a spectrum of opinions, the truth often lies somewhere in between the most extreme views on either side. The fallacy is committed by people who don't listen to the reasons that have been offered by each side to defend their theories – they (...)
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  2. (1 other version)David E. Cooper, World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction Reviewed by.Grant Sterling - 1997 - Philosophy in Review 17 (1):15-17.
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    Gambler's Fallacy.Grant Sterling - 2018-05-09 - In Robert Arp, Steven Barbone & Michael Bruce (eds.), Bad Arguments. Wiley. pp. 157–159.
    This chapter deals with one of the common fallacies in Western philosophy called 'the gambler's fallacy (GF)'. GF is committed in the context of random, unconnected events. When (by chance) a certain outcome occurs very often in one period of time, the fallacious reasoner assumes that the opposite outcome will be more likely to occur in the future to “even out” the results. As with most fallacies, GF is prevalent because it is similar to a kind of good reasoning. This (...)
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  4. (1 other version)Kimberly Hutchings, Kant, Critique and Politics Reviewed by.Grant Sterling - 1998 - Philosophy in Review 18 (2):118-120.
  5. (1 other version)Marcia W. Baron, Kantian Ethics Almost Without Apology Reviewed by.Grant Sterling - 1996 - Philosophy in Review 16 (5):313-314.
     
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  6. (1 other version)Ockham's razor.Grant Sterling - 2011 - In Michael Bruce & Steven Barbone (eds.), Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
     
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  7. (1 other version)The free will defense to the problem of evil.Grant Sterling - 2011 - In Michael Bruce & Steven Barbone (eds.), Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  8. (1 other version)Van Inwagen's consequence argument against compatibilism.Grant Sterling - 2011 - In Michael Bruce & Steven Barbone (eds.), Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 123--124.
     
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    Ultimate Questions. [REVIEW]Grant Sterling - 2017 - Philosophy Now 123:46-47.
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