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> This is a bunch of rhetoric dressed up as logic hidden by using long paragraphs Rhetoric is the classical art of persuasion. Were you trying to say "empty rh
by oasisbob 4y ago
> This is a bunch of rhetoric dressed up as logic hidden by using long paragraphs
Rhetoric is the classical art of persuasion. Were you trying to say "empty rhetoric" or to describe the argument as being poor? Describing a poor argument as "rhetoric" is like calling an old unreliable car "engineered".
Logos is part of rhetoric, not aside it.
- weakfortress 4y ago[dead]
- concordDance 4y agoThat might be what you think that word means, but it doesn't match the common usage (at least in my experience), nor the clear intent of the parent.
- oasisbob 4y agoRhetoric is commonly introduced this way in college composition courses. Here's a good approachable introduction: https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csu-fyw-rhetoric/chapter/rhetorical-strategies-building-compelling-arguments/ https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csu-fyw-rhetoric/chapter... Typically when I hear the word rhetoric used in the way you're defending, as a pejorative autoantonym, it's by political talking-heads trying to dismiss an argument of an opponent.
- concordDance 4y agoWhat would you say is the ratio between usage in the official meaning and usage in the manner of the great grandparent? I would expect 1 to 10 at least.