[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use   Fairly recently, I posted a psychoeducational lesson regarding my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), entitled False Trilemma . In the blogpost, I stated:   [F]alse trilemmas  result when only three choices are presented, yet more exist, or a spectrum of possible choices exists regarding three extremes. These dilemmas are usually characterized by “either this, that, or that” language, though may also be characterize

[ DISCLAIMER ]   When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), I invite people to use thinking...

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use   I invite you to take a look at the photo above. Suppose you’ve arrived at a point along your...

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), photo credit (edited), photo credit  (edited), fair use   From time to time, I enjoy...

[ DISCLAIMER ]   Quite often, when using psychoeducation in my blog to help people understand Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT),...

[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Suppose person X believes that washing one’s hands in a river will afford the individual to become...

[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite clients to consider that the words we use matter. This is...

[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Imagine the following scenario: Woman: Any man who isn’t outspokenly in support feminism is...

[DISCLAIMER] Man: On average, human males are stronger than human females. Woman: That may be true for most females, though not for me....

[DISCLAIMER] According to one source, from February 2021 to October 2023, the United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security data...

[DISCLAIMER] According to one source: The fallacy of accident (also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum...

[DISCLAIMER] I recall a historical discussion with a group of work colleagues during which I questioned whether or not focusing resources...

[ DISCLAIMER ]   Sometimes, I speak in generalities—statements or principles having general rather than specific validity. For instance,...

[DISCLAIMER] Throughout my blog, I discuss Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume’s concept of the is-ought problem, which...

[ DISCLAIMER ]   As matters escalate at Texas’ southern border, I’ve heard many examples of appeals to pity. Regarding this fallacy, one...

[DISCLAIMER] I practice Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which I understand has been “criticized for being too harsh and...

[DISCLAIMER] Have you ever disagreed with someone who used an argument by exception—the argument that a principle is contradicted (not...

[DISCLAIMER] Suppose I stated, “Sure philosophy helps you argue better, but do we really need to encourage people to argue? There’s...

[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Take a moment to look at the above-indicated picture of Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth...

[DISCLAIMER] On September 20, 2001, following the terror attacks of 9/11, George W. Bush addressed to a joint session of Congress and the...