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Sounds a bit like the definist fallacy , if used to make their argument easier to defend. |
answered on Thursday, Jul 14, 2022 11:13:08 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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Definitely Definistic, but I can see a case for ad hoc rescue too. |
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answered on Thursday, Jul 14, 2022 02:43:57 PM by Mchasewalker | ||||
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As the others have said, it doesn’t seem to be a logical fallacy. The correctness of the conclusion hinges of the truth (or not) of the premise about what post-modernism is. In the P –> Q (if P, then Q) form (assuming all other premises are true), validity of the conclusion depends on the correctness of the definition. If it has to have lights to be a car, then a lightless vehicle can’t be a car; however, if the definition of car doesn’t mention a light, one might actually need a licence to drive that lightless vehicle. Intentionally presenting a false premise doesn’t turn the argument or the logic into a fallacy – it’s just something that’s probably intended to influence others when logic isn’t working. Basing an argument on a false premise isn’t bad logic; it’s just deceptive. |
answered on Friday, Jul 15, 2022 10:14:40 AM by Arlo | |
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Found this, close to his Def? You decide. There are more at the link https://www.britannica.com/topic/postmodernism-philosophy#ref282558: Through the use of reason and logic, and with the more specialized tools provided by science and technology, human beings are likely to change themselves and their societies for the better. It is reasonable to expect that future societies will be more humane, more just, more enlightened, and more prosperous than they are now. Postmodernists deny this Enlightenment faith in science and technology as instruments of human progress. Indeed, many postmodernists hold that the misguided (or unguided) pursuit of scientific and technological knowledge led to the development of technologies for killing on a massive scale in World War II. Some go so far as to say that science and technology—and even reason and logic—are inherently destructive and oppressive, because they have been used by evil people, especially during the 20th century, to destroy and oppress others. |
answered on Saturday, Jul 16, 2022 06:07:15 AM by skips777 | |
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