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Sophism: Sophism is a deceptive argument or fallacious reasoning used to deceive or persuade, often emphasizing rhetorical skill over truth. It's criticized in philosophy for its disregard of objective truth. See also Sophists, Rhetoric, Truth, Discourse, Argumentation, Objectivity._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Rüdiger Bubner on Sophism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 9 Sophism/Bubner: is already characterized by hypertrophy of technically available knowledge for any object, which obscures the really important things._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Bu I R. Bubner Antike Themen und ihre moderne Verwandlung Frankfurt 1992 |