Audio The Iterated Motte and Bailey Strategy November 10, 2025New Discourses Host James Lindsay explains how the "motte and bailey" strategy can be iterated to give legitimacy to truly radical ideas.View Post Share
View Post Articles Ideological Gatekeeping and the Future of Peer Review September 30, 2020Adam Ellwanger The circumventing of peer review is a strategy increasing employed by activists in fields across the university.View Post Share
View Post Audio Stealing the Motte: Critical Social Justice and the Principle of Charity May 7, 2020New Discourses In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, your host James Lindsay explores the principle of charity in debate and dialogue in the context of the motte-and-bailey rhetorical strategy.View Post Share