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Sophism
Sophism Soph"ism, n. [F. sophisme, L. sophisma, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to make wise, ? to be become wise, to play the sophist, fr.
? wise.]
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.
Meaning of Sophism from wikipedia
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their native Roman history. In
modern usage,
sophism, sophist, and
sophistry are used disparagingly. A
sophism, or sophistry, is a
fallacious argument, especially...
- Buridan's
Bridge (also
known as
Sophism 17) is
described by Jean Buridan, one of the most
famous and
influential philosophers of the Late
Middle Ages...
- For the
ancient Gr****s, “India" (Gr****: Ινδία)
referred to the
polity situated east of
Persia and
south of the
Himalayas (with the
exception of Serica)...
- were
ultimately incorporated into the work of his student, Democritus.
Sophism arose from the
juxtaposition of
physis (nature) and
nomos (law). John Burnet...
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adjust to
changing conditions".
Among his better-known
works is
Economic Sophisms, a
series of
essays (originally
published in the
Journal des économistes)...
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Relativism is a
family of
philosophical views which deny
claims to
objectivity within a
particular domain and ****ert that
valuations in that
domain are...
- the "worse (or weaker)
argument appear the
better (or stronger)" (see
Sophism), and (3) that one
could not tell if the gods
existed or not (see Agnosticism)...
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deceptively persuasive.
Deliberately specious reasoning can be seen as a form of
sophism. The term
comes from the late
Middle English word
meaning 'beautiful',...
- The
crocodile paradox, also
known as
crocodile sophism, is a
paradox in
logic in the same
family of
paradoxes as the liar paradox. The
premise states...
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article Scholarly method Scientific community Scientific method Seminar Sophism "Academy". Rae (in Spanish). "academe".
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