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their native Roman history. In
modern usage,
sophism, sophist, and
sophistry are used disparagingly. A
sophism, or sophistry, is a
fallacious argument, especially...
-
adjust to
changing conditions".
Among his better-known
works is
Economic Sophisms, a
series of
essays (originally
published in the
Journal des économistes)...
- Buridan's
Bridge (also
known as
Sophism 17) is
described by Jean Buridan, one of the most
famous and
influential philosophers of the Late
Middle Ages...
- were
ultimately incorporated into the work of his student, Democritus.
Sophism arose from the
juxtaposition of
physis (nature) and
nomos (law). John Burnet...
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Relativism is a
family of
philosophical views which deny
claims to
objectivity within a
particular domain and ****ert that
valuations in that
domain are...
- 2007). Economics,
Competition and Academia: An
Intellectual History of
Sophism Versus Virtue.
Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-1-84720-716-6...
- drama,
Aristophanes presents a
caricature of
Socrates that
leans towards sophism,
ridiculing Socrates as an
absurd atheist.
Socrates in
Clouds is interested...
- the "worse (or weaker)
argument appear the
better (or stronger)" (see
Sophism), and (3) that one
could not tell if the gods
existed or not (see Agnosticism)...
- The
crocodile paradox, also
known as
crocodile sophism, is a
paradox in
logic in the same
family of
paradoxes as the liar paradox. The
premise states...
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Sophistical Re****ations (Gr****: Σοφιστικοὶ Ἔλεγχοι, romanized: Sophistikoi Elenchoi; Latin: De
Sophisticis Elenchis) is a text in Aristotle's
Organon in...
