On 7/8/2025 4:43 AM, John Clark wrote:
On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]>
wrote:
*>> The word "sophistry" is only used if one cannot think of a
logical rebuttal to what somebody else is saying.*
/> Maybe that's how you use the word, but others, who are more
experienced in philosophy and in the real business of living, use
it to mean that the point being made by the opponent is incoherent
or fatuous, and that the opposing argument is specious./
*Then it's surprising that instead of pinpointing exactly where the
opponent's argument is incoherent or fatuous or specious the word
"sophistry" is just slapped on.*
Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5y6Igw4lXY Maybe you can
"pin point" your fallacy.
Brent
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