>From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 23:11:40 -0500 > >Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > I think you need to look up the word "sophistry". > > Its what you are doing in any case. > >If you want the OED definition, ask. :) > > Julia
How about these: soph�is�try Pronunciation Key (sf-str) n. pl. soph�is�tries Plausible but fallacious argumentation. A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument. Source: The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright � 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sophistry \Soph"ist*ry\, n. [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.] 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.] 2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in another sense in the conclusion. --Coleridge. Syn: See Fallacy. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, � 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sophistry n : a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone [syn: sophism] Source: WordNet � 1.6, � 1997 Princeton University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd say that's an accurate description of what he's doing. Jon ....I guess I'm back to being a contributing Brineller.... _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
