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The way to make a counterpoint is not to bring up someone else and say "this other guy's claim is unsupported by evidence." Instead, you'd do this by showing h
by defertoreptar 7y ago
The way to make a counterpoint is not to bring up someone else and say "this other guy's claim is unsupported by evidence."
Instead, you'd do this by showing how Peterson's claim is unsupported by evidence, specifically on how his view pertains to the current topic.
- dekhn 7y agoMy counterpoint is apt; it points out that even people who have credentials can be wrong, and it's important to consider that.
- defertoreptar 7y agoHitton's point is that "you can't reject [Peterson] just because you happen to not like them." If it was instead "because his claims are unsupported by evidence," then I could see how your counterpoint is apt. However, that is not the case.
- dekhn 7y agoI was responding to "He is professor of psychology who taught in top universities, his scientific articles have many citations, why wouldn't he be reliable?", not "because his claims are unsupported by evidence".