When is a door not really a door? When it's ajar! That old joke equivocates on two meanings of "ajar" In this episode we look at how equivocation can impact our reasoning, like when we ask, When is a doctor not really a doctor? We explore a few other ways that reasoning can go wrong and force us to lose in a debate. And listen until the end to hear what's planned for Episode 9.

Sources:

Matthew Dasti and Stephen Phillips, The Nyaya-sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries, Hackett Publishing, 2017. https://www.hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcoming/the-nyaya-sutra

Much Ado About Religion adapted from the Csaba Dezsö translation in the Clay Sanskrit Library, New York: NYU Press, 2005. https://nyupress.org/9780814719794/much-ado-about-religion/

Definition of "doctor" from

Merriam-Webster Online

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-history-of-doctor

OED

"doctor, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2020. Web. 20 December 2020.

Clips:

Good Morning America, December 15, 2020

"Women rally behind Jill Biden after WSJ op-ed asks her to drop 'Dr.'"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHm2rzMJ-Q%200:49

“Hair-raising hare” (Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies, 1946)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPRB00xgoQ

"Expertise" (Sutras (and stuff) Season 1, Episode 6)

https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/edfmbj

Billy Madison (Universal Pictures, 1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec7rCsNFn30

Music:

Brittle Rille by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-brittle-rille

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sounds:

Monastery Bell

https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/440606/

Buzzer

https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/211103/ by qubodup

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