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A Freeper's Introduction to Rhetoric (Part 1, Introduction and the Argument From Ignorance)
Introduction to Logic | Irving M. Copi & Carl Cohen

Posted on 12/19/2003 5:46:41 AM PST by general_re

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To: tacticalogic
Once I realized it was immune to reason I knew it was a fool's errand.

Somewhere along the way, every argument hangs on postulated axioms (axia?) Western Christian Religion posits the Bible as its Big Axiom.

All argumentation boils down to "buy the premise, buy the bit."

61 posted on 12/25/2003 2:26:27 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Peace through Strength)
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To: WhyAreYouDumbAndHateful
Thought this would be helpful.
62 posted on 01/02/2004 9:48:13 PM PST by Brett66
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