1) Deceptive argument 2) Fallacy 3) False argument 4) False belief 5) Faulty argument 6) Sophistication 7) Sophistry 8) Specious argument
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1) Sophistry
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Sophism is a method of teaching. In ancient Greece, sophists were a category of teachers who specialized in using the techniques of philosophy and rhetoric for the purpose of teaching arete—excellence, or virtue—predominantly to young statesmen and nobility. The practice of charging money for education and providing wisdom only to those who co...
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deceptive but plausible intellectualism
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• (n.) The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.
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(from the article `number game`) ...of logic or mathematics, often unwittingly. Such fallacies are quite puzzling to the tyro, who, unless he is aware of the principle involved, may ...
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The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive. 'When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism, or 'fallacy'.' (I. Watts) 'Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms, those of depraved men, and those of heartless philosophers.' (I. Taylor) ... Origin: F...
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Soph'ism noun [ French
sophisme , Latin
sophisma , from Greek ..., from ... to make wise, ... to be become wise, to play the sophist, from ... wise.] The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive. « When a false argument puts on the a...
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in Ancient Greece, the teaching of rhetoric and persuasion; in modern times, a deceptive argument not based on logic.
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n] - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
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sophistry noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
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An eristic or contentious syllogism, distinguished from paralogism by the intent to deceive (Aristotle). -- G.R.M.
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