38 Ways To Win An Argument


	38 Ways To Win An Argument

tabsey

8-4-2009 8:33 AM

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8-5-2009 7:59 AM

kitsua

Dude, I don't think the internet needs any encouragement when it comes to strawmen, ad hominem, obfuscation and underhand argumentative tactics. People have got it down to a fine art already.

8-5-2009 9:50 AM

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<B>1 Carry your opponent’s proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it.</B>
The more general your opponent’s statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it.
The more restricted and narrow your own propositions remain, the easier they are to defend.
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<B>2 Use different meanings of your opponent’s words to refute his argument.</B>
Example: Person A says, “You do not understand the mysteries of Kant’s philosophy.”
Person B replies, “Oh, if it’s mysteries you’re talking about, I’ll have nothing to do with them.”
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<B>3 Ignore your opponent’s proposition, which was intended to refer to some particular thing.</B>
Rather, understand it in some quite different sense, and then refute it.
Attack something different than what was asserted.
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