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Tag Archives: Straw Men
He tweeted me so unfairly
I always (I think) name names here because it's hard to cite someone's arguments without naming them by name. But sometimes, I've noticed, one does hear the expression, "I won't name names here." I ran across an instance of this … Continue reading
Posted in General discussion
Tagged "some say", Brendan Nyhan, hollow men, Nathan Silver, Nutpicking, Straw Men, tweets, weak men
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What to do about straw men
My sense has always been that careful and honest editors can spot most straw men. But no. On this score, via Leiter, here is an entertaining case in point. The case is Gary Wills' negative review of Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance … Continue reading
Posted in Straw Man
Tagged All things shining, Gary Wills, Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly, Straw Men
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W-T-F
Some maintain that arguments are dialogues and such therefore be evaluated as such. I have my doubts about this view, because so many of the arguments I encounter seem to be monologues, or at least the critical parts of them don't have anything to do … Continue reading
