Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Persuasive Definition

Some people try to win their arguments by getting you to accept their faulty definition. If you buy into their definition, they've practically persuaded you already. Same as the Definist Fallacy. Poisoning the Well when presenting a definition would be an example of a using persuasive definition.

Example:

Let's define a Democrat as a leftist who desires to overtax the corporations and abolish freedom in the economic sphere.

No comments:

Recent Visitors

Popular Pages Today: