Deliberate use of fallacy

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Deliberate use of fallacy

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RE: Deliberate use of fallacy

March 8, 2015 at 7:03 am

(March 7, 2015 at 8:34 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Is it right to deliberately use fallacy in rhetoric if one thinks it will get a point accepted?

If you need fallacies to bring a point across, you haven't got a point to begin with. It's a different matter if you tailor your arguments to suit a particular audience. That can be achieved without outright lying, which fallacies are all about, if we're honest.

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Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 8:34 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Dystopia - March 7, 2015 at 8:41 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Ignorant - March 8, 2015 at 6:46 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Grandizer - March 8, 2015 at 6:56 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 7, 2015 at 8:44 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 8:48 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 8:59 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 9:01 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Dystopia - March 7, 2015 at 9:00 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 7, 2015 at 9:02 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 7, 2015 at 9:19 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 7, 2015 at 9:24 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2015 at 12:01 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 4:57 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by CapnAwesome - March 7, 2015 at 10:52 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 11:49 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by CapnAwesome - March 8, 2015 at 11:54 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 8, 2015 at 9:50 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 8, 2015 at 5:35 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 5:49 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 8, 2015 at 5:53 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by abaris - March 8, 2015 at 7:03 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 7:32 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by abaris - March 8, 2015 at 7:36 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2015 at 10:56 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 8, 2015 at 9:52 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 9, 2015 at 12:14 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 9, 2015 at 12:24 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 9, 2015 at 9:09 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Mudhammam - March 10, 2015 at 8:08 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Mudhammam - March 9, 2015 at 7:31 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 9, 2015 at 7:39 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 9, 2015 at 6:37 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 10, 2015 at 6:01 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 10, 2015 at 3:21 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by emjay - April 7, 2015 at 11:11 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2015 at 11:14 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by emjay - April 7, 2015 at 11:25 am

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Polaris - April 9, 2015 at 7:08 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Iroscato - April 9, 2015 at 7:15 pm

RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Polaris - April 9, 2015 at 7:24 pm

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