Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful...

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful...

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without...

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without...

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the...

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be...

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be...

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Ingratitude is treason to mankind

Ingratitude is treason to mankind

Ingratitude is monstrous

Ingratitude is monstrous