Structurally defined, eristic is a zero-sum game, as is debating. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Raimondo vs. Christopher Hitchens on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
"eristic" -- into an argument for its own sake; or sinks into logomachy. From Wordnik.com. [Plato and Platonism] Reference
If it was eristic to use "eristic," did Schwartz mean to offer word mavens a little inside joke, or — more amusingly — did he mean to send a secret signal to Buckley fans?. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words. From Wordnik.com. [Buckley Athwart History] Reference
Withhold eristic because of possible misinterpretation. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
Debating is a form of eristic, thus a variety of sophistry. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Raimondo vs. Christopher Hitchens on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
In fact, Ann is being uneccesarily eristic by even suggesting it. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
But do expect another burst of eristic libertarian-Republican spin. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » You Can’t Create Jobs by “Focusing” on the Economy] Reference
That is the heart of the distinction between eristic and dialectic. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Raimondo vs. Christopher Hitchens on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
I'm going to do a separate post about the use of the word "eristic.". From Wordnik.com. ["Trolling is basically Internet eugenics... I want everyone off the Internet. Bloggers are filth. They need to be destroyed."] Reference
Antagonizing the blogosphere may be eristic, but not use of the word. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
Ann, do you think eristic behaviors might include flaucinaucinihilipilification?. From Wordnik.com. ["Trolling is basically Internet eugenics... I want everyone off the Internet. Bloggers are filth. They need to be destroyed."] Reference
Lapidary is from Latin and eristic is from Greek, and so normally they should not be coordinated. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
As to the above, in ordinary speech, I'd consider lapidary, but withhold eristic and arachibutyrophobia. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
There is also the question of whether Aristotle viewed Zeno's arguments as more eristic than properly dialectical. From Wordnik.com. [Zeno of Elea] Reference
Instead, I will use the eristic technique of posing questions and “demanding” that my interlocutors answer them. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Revenge of the Public Option] Reference
Elsewhere he adduces simple, eristic arguments to support a radical thesis or to explain an objectionable phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [CYNICISM] Reference
At the office, I deal with the new crisis, and am struck by the utterly eristic and specious arguments that I am subjected to. From Wordnik.com. [blah blah] Reference
B But isn't it just as bad to think to oneself quickly, hmm, better use an "easy" word as he doesn't look like he'll understand eristic?. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
Interestingly, this was one of the eristic methods used by the paid counterbloggers of the Radical Right during the 2004-2005 time frame. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Defections from the Left] Reference
To know how to proceed by regular steps from one to many, and from many to one, is just what makes the difference between eristic and dialectic. From Wordnik.com. [Philebus] Reference
And was it eristic for Schwartz to use "eristic"?. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
Sophistry, logomachy, eristic: we may learn what these are, sometimes, from Plato's own practice. From Wordnik.com. [Plato and Platonism] Reference
The philosophy which in the first and second generation was a great and inspiring effort of reflection, in the third becomes sophistical, verbal, eristic. From Wordnik.com. [Euthydemus] Reference
Let me preface my discussion by quickly reasserting a familiar theme of my previous letters: I am not fooled by Barack H. Obama's slimy and eristic rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
And this explains his reputation as a ˜dialectician™ (or, more negatively, as a ˜sophist™ or ˜eristic™ or. From Wordnik.com. [Arcesilaus] Reference
B. 4. 1001b13-16), so that they would by Aristotle's own criteria be examples of eristic rather than properly dialectical arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Zeno of Elea] Reference
Plato gives yet another nod to the idea that Zeno was a forerunner of eristic contentiousness when he has him say that his book “contradicts. From Wordnik.com. [Zeno of Elea] Reference
Word of the Week #99 - eristic. From Wordnik.com. [Recommended Reading: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith] Reference
To be eristic, that's an antinomy. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
"I am lapidary but not eristic ...". From Wordnik.com. [What's a More Articulate Way to Say R.I.P.?] Reference
I don't think eristic will make the cut. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
Schwartz is not being eristic by using the word. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
“eristic,” and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [Method and Metaphysics in Plato's Sophist and Statesman] Reference
A hero of debate, who professed the eristic art. From Wordnik.com. [The Sophist] Reference
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