October 31st, 2006, 4:09 pm
QuoteOriginally posted by: MarsdenWhat is the name of the logical fallacy of "proving" a point by bogging down a discussion with dreary pedantry that no sane person could ever bring himself to read? If there is no name, then I propose, "Hamiltonism."A List Of Fallacious ArgumentsHamiltonism is a dreary miasma of many fallacious arguments:Ad Hominem, Appeal To Authority (usually Aristotle), Argument By Pigheadedness, Argument By Selective Observation, Argument By Selective Reading, Argument By Generalization, Changing The Subject (Digression, Red Herring, Misdirection, False Emphasis), Outdated Information, Failure To State, Moving The Goalposts (Raising The Bar, Argument By Demanding Impossible Perfection), and particularly (as Marsden is referring to) Argument By Gibberish and Argument By Repetition.Did I miss any?
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Athletico on October 30th, 2006, 11:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.