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eristic
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In philosophy and rhetoric , eristic (from Eris , the ancient Greek goddess of chaos, strife, and discord) refers to argument that aims to successfully dispute another's argument, rather than searching for truth . According to T.H. Irwin, "It is characteristic ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Eristic \E*ris"tic\, Eristical \E*ris"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to strive, wrangle, ? strife.] Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. --Coleridge.
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adj. given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments [syn: eristical ]
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a. Of something or someone provoking strife, controversy or discord. n. 1 One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 2 A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake ...
Usage examples of eristic.
The AnEristic Principle is that of ORDER, the Eristic Principle is that of DISORDER.
They prefer their own pastoral and Eristic ways, and I, for one, would never interfere with them.
But I still get confused about the differences between the Erisian, the Eristic and the Discordian.
We merely stress the Eristic as a balance, because human society has been tilted grotesquely toward the AnEristic side all through the Piscean age.
Grummet begins with an upsurge of magicians, hoaxers, Yippies, Kabouters, shamans, clowns, and other Eristic forces.
High Baron Kephialtar-ka-Voro, a young woman named Fornis became, at seventeen, the eristic ruler of Paltesh.
We merely stress the Eristic as a balance, because human society has been tilted grotesquely toward the AnEristic side all through the Piscean age.
The Bureau of Eristic Affairs, and The Administry for the Unenlightened Eristic Horde E.
Oh, yes, here we are: Tradition in Revolution, Democratic Oligarchy, Parmenidean Dynamics, Heraclitean Statics, Spartan Sybaritics, Tautological Dialectics, Boolean Eristic.