The Study of PhilosophyCollegiate Press, 1987 - 340 pages |
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... example , but the persuasiveness of even the most subtle examples depends on this very same device : a key term switches its meaning at a critical point in an argument . Consider , for example , the case of the fellow with a Bible tract ...
... example , but the persuasiveness of even the most subtle examples depends on this very same device : a key term switches its meaning at a critical point in an argument . Consider , for example , the case of the fellow with a Bible tract ...
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... example sometimes used to illustrate the fallacy . The most popular is the question : " Have you stopped beating your wife ? " Of course , one cannot answer such a question without incriminating oneself . To say that one has not stopped ...
... example sometimes used to illustrate the fallacy . The most popular is the question : " Have you stopped beating your wife ? " Of course , one cannot answer such a question without incriminating oneself . To say that one has not stopped ...
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... example : " This theory was introduced by a man known for his Commu- nist sympathies . There can't be much to it . " Turning attention from the facts in the argument to the people participating in it , as is done in this example , is ...
... example : " This theory was introduced by a man known for his Commu- nist sympathies . There can't be much to it . " Turning attention from the facts in the argument to the people participating in it , as is done in this example , is ...
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It began here | 11 |
And so I go about the world | 29 |
Aristotle and the art of thinking | 67 |
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