14 Propaganda Tactics Employed by the Corporate Press – Prof. Michael Huemer, Ph.D.

by | Jul 6, 2021

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than seventy academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, as well as six amazing books that you should immediately buy: Skepticism and the Veil of PerceptionEthical IntuitionismThe Problem of Political AuthorityApproaching InfinityParadox Lost, and Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism.

Book discussed: Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy

Michael Huemer’s website: http://owl232.net/

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0:18 – Anecdotal Evidence

1:10 – Assumptions

3:12 – Base Rate Neglect

5:45 – Cherry Picking

7:10 – Confirmation Bias

8:21 – Credulity

13:31 – Dogmatism and Overconfidence

14:48 – Ideological “Cause” Judgements

18:29 – Oversimplification

19:41 – p-hacking

20:46 – Speculation

22:13 – Subjective Claims

24:03 – Treatment Effects vs. Selection Effects

27:06 – Whataboutism

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