Knockdown Arguments
Two brainless curs, Alan Brinton and Douglas Walton, have recently had the impudence to suggest that several of my views on argumentum ad baculum are mistaken. While hardship and toil await them in this life and eternal damnation in the next, punishment begins with this paper. In it, I clarify my po...
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| description | Two brainless curs, Alan Brinton and Douglas Walton, have recently had the impudence to suggest that several of my views on argumentum ad baculum are mistaken. While hardship and toil await them in this life and eternal damnation in the next, punishment begins with this paper. In it, I clarify my position, defend my views, and critique their arguments. Last, I argue ad baculum against both of them, threatening both with the loss of reputation, employment, and respect unless they repudiate every objection raised against me and publicly abase themselves. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1d23f71464e4908bd218a7797a70c3f2022-12-22T02:04:55ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X1995-01-0117310.22329/il.v17i3.2421Knockdown ArgumentsMichael WreenTwo brainless curs, Alan Brinton and Douglas Walton, have recently had the impudence to suggest that several of my views on argumentum ad baculum are mistaken. While hardship and toil await them in this life and eternal damnation in the next, punishment begins with this paper. In it, I clarify my position, defend my views, and critique their arguments. Last, I argue ad baculum against both of them, threatening both with the loss of reputation, employment, and respect unless they repudiate every objection raised against me and publicly abase themselves.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2421argumentum ad baculumad baculum fallacyfearthreatdialectical approach to argumentationrhetorical approach to argumentation |
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