sophistic reasoning
1sophistic — or sophistical adjective Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to sophists, sophistry, or the ancient Sophists < sophistic rhetoric > < sophistic subtleties > 2. plausible but fallacious < sophistic reasoning > • sophistically adverb …
2sophistic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Containing fundamental errors in reasoning: fallacious, false, illogical, invalid, specious, spurious, unsound. See CORRECT, TRUE …
3sophistication — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the use of sophistry ; sophistic reasoning b. sophism, quibble 2. the process or result of becoming cultured, knowledgeable, or disillusioned; especially cultivation, urbanity 3. the process or result of becoming… …
4logic, history of — Introduction the history of the discipline from its origins among the ancient Greeks to the present time. Origins of logic in the West Precursors of ancient logic There was a medieval tradition according to which the Greek philosopher …
5Rhetoric — This article is about the art of rhetoric in general. For the work by Aristotle, see Rhetoric (Aristotle). Painting depicting a lecture in a knight academy, painted by Pieter Isaacsz or Reinhold Timm for Rosenborg Castle as part of a series of… …
6rhetoric — /ret euhr ik/, n. 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 3. the study of the effective… …
7sophist — /sof ist/, n. 1. (often cap.) Gk. Hist. a. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. b. a person belonging to this class at a later …
8Sophists (The) — The sophists G. B. Kerferd In the fifth century BC the term sophistēs was used in Greece as a name to designate a particular profession, that of certain travelling teachers who went from city to city giving lectures and providing instruction in a …
9Glossary of rhetorical terms — Rhetorical Theory is a subject rife with jargon and special terminology. This page explains commonly used rhetorical terms in alphabetical order. The brief definitions here are intended to serve as a quick reference rather than an in depth… …
10applied logic — Introduction the study of the practical art of right reasoning. The formalism (formal logic) and theoretical results of pure logic can be clothed with meanings derived from a variety of sources within philosophy as well as from other… …
