esk@wucs.UUCP (Eric Kaylor) (09/28/84)
[] > It would be a great service if some knowledgable person would compile and > post a fairly comprehensive list of other such bad debating tactics. "The > Big Lie", "Proof by Repetition", "Ad Homien"[sic - Hominem], various logical > fallacies, etc. Unfortunately, most people on this net (myself included) > seem to suffer from an insufficiently liberal education to be very familiar > with such things. Please educate us, rather than exploiting our > ignorance! :-) --Tom Craver hou5a!trc Actually, there is something that fills this bill pretty well: an essay called "The Ethics of Controversy". I don't remember the author, but I think the book was called *The Ethics of Controversy and other essays*, which should make it easy to find. "Always address your opponent's arguments *before* impugning his character. ..." --Your loyal opposition, the aspiring iconoclast, Paul V Torek, ihnp4!wucs!wucec1!pvt1047 Please send any mail directly to this address, not the sender's. Thanks.