THE QUESTION OF SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP

YES! LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS PROVES IT

NO! THERE ARE TOO MANY DISCREPANCIES

“CRITICAL THINKING is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.” – Francis Bacon (1605)

Training ourselves to construct good arguments and to spot bad ones is a skill that is useful in just about every field as well as in everyday life. It helps steer us toward truth and away from falsehood. Dubious techniques of persuasion, such as “criticizing” a candidate’s views by showing an unflattering image of them, are used especially in election campaigns. They are no doubt sometimes effective, but that is no reason for preferring them to good clear argumentation. On the contrary, it’s why we need logical thinking more than ever.

OCCAM’S RAZOR AND CRITICAL THINKING