{"id":736,"date":"2017-10-12T17:47:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T17:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=736"},"modified":"2017-10-12T17:47:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T17:47:46","slug":"how-does-the-witch-sketch-work-logically","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/chapter\/how-does-the-witch-sketch-work-logically\/","title":{"raw":"How does The Witch Sketch Work Logically?","rendered":"How does The Witch Sketch Work Logically?"},"content":{"raw":"
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How does \"The Witch Sketch\" Work Logically? <\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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\u00a0Given their deep academic backgrounds, the Pythons (aka Monty Python), a British comedy troupe of the 60s and 70s, featured many logical fallacies in their work.\u00a0 (YouTube \"the cheese shop sketch\" or \"the pet shop sketch\" or \"the argument clinic sketch\" with the Python search modifier to see some of this.\u00a0 One of my favorites is \"Confuse a Cat\"--and not just because it prefigures our fascination with silly cat videos!)<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nOne of the most famous scenes from\u00a0Monty Python and the Search for t<\/em>he Holy Grail<\/em> is the witch sketch.\u00a0 It delineates some logic for figuring out how someone is a witch.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g\r\n\r\nEnjoy!\u00a0 See if you can relate this to our problems of arguing definition.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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How does “The Witch Sketch” Work Logically? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Given their deep academic backgrounds, the Pythons (aka Monty Python), a British comedy troupe of the 60s and 70s, featured many logical fallacies in their work.\u00a0 (YouTube “the cheese shop sketch” or “the pet shop sketch” or “the argument clinic sketch” with the Python search modifier to see some of this.\u00a0 One of my favorites is “Confuse a Cat”–and not just because it prefigures our fascination with silly cat videos!)<\/div>\n
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One of the most famous scenes from\u00a0Monty Python and the Search for t<\/em>he Holy Grail<\/em> is the witch sketch.\u00a0 It delineates some logic for figuring out how someone is a witch.<\/p>\n