The Sophistry of Christopher Hitchens

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Christopher Hitchens is one of the most beloved polemics to have been active in living memory. However, his remarkable wit sometimes conceived remarkably poor reasoning, something often unnoticed by those drunk on his elegance.

In this video, I take three typical examples of sophistic reasoning from Hitchens' various debates and speeches, and break them down to expose their flaws.

It is unlikely that I will ever cease praising Hitchens as my favourite writer anytime soon; anybody unfamiliar with my work who lands on this video should know that I take deep inspiration from him.

TIMESTAMPS:

Introduction - 0:00
The Moral Argument -- 4:10
Free Will -- 16:30
The Cosmological Argument -- 21:20

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Galloway vs Hitchens debate:    • The Greatest Debate of the Decade - C...  
'Why Women Aren't Funny': https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/20...
'Why Women Still Aren't Funny':    • Видео  
'That's your opinion':    • Joan Walsh Administers a Smackdown to...  

Hitchens, Letter to a Young Contrarian (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2JP4fMb

[1] 'Christopher Hitchens - The morals of an atheist': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOHgr...
[2] 'Best of Hitchslap Part 2':    • Видео   (taken from the debate, 'We'd be better off without religion':    • Christopher Hitchens & Richard Dawkin...  )
[3] 'Christopher Hitchens destroys the myth that morality comes from religion':    • Christopher Hitchens destroys the myt...  
[4] 'Christopher Hitchens on Morality': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwaWJ... (taken from Christopher Hitchens vs Frank Turek, 'Does God Exist?'): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7WBE...
[5] 'Best of Hitchslap Part 2':    • Видео   (taken from Christopher Hitchens vs Rabbi David Wolpe:    • Christopher Hitchens vs. Rabbi David ...  
[6] 'Best of Hitchslap Part 2':    • Видео   (taken from Hitchens vs Turek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7WBE...)
[7] 'Something Out of Nothing - Christopher Hitchens': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwxZX... (taken from Hitchens vs Turek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7WBE...)

The tu quoque fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

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