Re: Winning an argument, or losing without tricks

tonyjeffs:

I'm arguing about something, and am being superficially defeated not
on the subject matter, but through tactics. I don't mind losing if
the other guy demonstrates a weakness in my argument, but don't want
to 'appear' to lose the point through tactics alone.

unless you feel at ease responding in kind, take Schopenhauer's
advice and avoid arguments with `the common ruck of people'; such
arguments will only drag you into chicanery.

i recommend _The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation_ by
Chaïm Perelmam and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca, the depth and the
coverage of which surpasses that of _The Art of Controversy_.

--
Jock

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