Reading the letters in the Appeal published on Sunday, March 25, I am reminded of my old college days when we learned about syllogisms, and how they are so commonly manipulated and misused. Here’s a ...

Following H. T. Colebrooke's 1824 'discovery' of the Hindu syllogism, his term for the five-step inference schema in the "Nyāya-sūtra," European logicians and historians of philosophy demonstrated ...

The arrogance of men who proclaim what they think constitutes health care for women continues to astonish me. In his letter of 12/27/23 (responding to an Opinion by Nancy Gutierrez), the author ...