{"id":15690,"date":"2013-07-09T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T09:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=15690"},"modified":"2022-12-30T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:57:17","slug":"eristic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/eristic\/","title":{"rendered":"Eristic"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Eristic, from the ancient Greek word Eris meaning wrangle or strife, often refers to a type of argument where the participants fight and quarrel without any reasonable goal.<\/p>\n

The aim usually is to win the argument and\/or to engage in a conflict for the sole purpose of wasting time through arguments, not to potentially discover a true or probable answer to any specific question or topic. Eristic is arguing for the sake of conflict as opposed to the seeking of conflict resolution.” via Eristic – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also “The Art of Being Right: 38 Ways to Win an Argument<\/b><\/i> (1831:<\/p>\n

The Art of Being Right: 38 Ways to Win an Argument is an acidulous and sarcastic treatise written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer<\/a> in sarcastic deadpan.[1]<\/a><\/sup> In it, Schopenhauer examines a total of thirty-eight methods of showing up one’s opponent in a debate. He introduces his essay with the idea that philosophers have concentrated in ample measure on the rules of logic<\/a>, but have not (especially since the time of Immanuel Kant<\/a>) engaged with the darker art of the dialectic<\/a>, of controversy. Whereas the purpose of logic is classically said to be a method of arriving at the truth, dialectic, says Schopenhauer, “…on the other hand, would treat of the intercourse between two rational beings who, because they are rational, ought to think in common, but who, as soon as they cease to agree like two clocks keeping exactly the same time, create a disputation, or intellectual contest.” via The Art of Being Right: 38 Ways to Win an Argument<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Eristic, from the ancient Greek word Eris meaning wrangle or strife, often refers to a type of argument where the participants fight and quarrel without any reasonable goal. 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