Comment author:PK
21 February 2008 12:21:00AM
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Good post. So how do you usually respond to invalid "by definition" arguments? Is there any quick(but honest) way to disarm the the argument or is there too much inferential distance to cover?
Good post. So how do you usually respond to invalid "by definition" arguments? Is there any quick(but honest) way to disarm the the argument or is there too much inferential distance to cover?
"and a plucked chicken is, by definition, a human" communicates much without giving a sermon.