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> N.B. textninja quietly admits my most important point, #3 Your most important point is the distinction between an assumption and a presupposition? I honestly
by textninja 4y ago
> N.B. textninja quietly admits my most important point, #3
Your most important point is the distinction between an assumption and a presupposition? I honestly didn’t see the need to challenge that.
- 1attice 4y ago*premise. Yes, this is basic Logic 101 stuff. Not even higher-order logic. If you mistake an explicit premise for an unstated assumption, and shout 'gotcha!', you're in the weeds.
- textninja 4y agoWe’re on two very different wavelengths my friend. I think what’s happening is that I’m arguing between the lines and you’re arguing on them. It’s like matter and antimatter, but no matter.
- 1attice 4y agoRather, you're not arguing using coherent logic, you're making a series of logic-ish maneuvers that yield persuasive emotional appeals -- which, yes, is perfectly valid rhetoric-work, provided you haven't taken a knife to a gunfight. You say you're 'arguing between the lines.' Do you code between them, as well?
- textninja 4y ago> Yes, this is basic Logic 101 stuff. Not even higher-order logic. Best practice is to forget everything you ever learned in a 101 class. And don’t bring logic to a word fight.