woozle comments on Logical Rudeness - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 January 2010 06:48AM

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Comment author: woozle 29 January 2010 12:48:46PM 2 points [-]

The argumentative technique you cite -- arguing X on the basis of Y, Y is defeated, switch to arguing X based on Z, Z is defeated, switch back to Y -- looks like an example of what I call position dancing.

Would you agree that there seems to be a large overlap between "logical rudeness" and rhetorical deception?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 January 2010 08:00:06PM 0 points [-]

If "rhetorical deception" means "Dark Arts", then yes.

Comment author: woozle 29 January 2010 11:12:56PM *  0 points [-]

Oooh yes, I knew there was something back in the LW wiki about this and I just couldn't think of it. I've added a link to the "Dark arts" wiki page in the main Rhetorical deception article (under "Reference").