Jens Axel Søgaard usenet at jasoegaard.dk
Sat Oct 18 19:03:49 EDT 2003

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Frode Vatvedt Fjeld wrote:
> Kenny Tilton <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>what is sophistry?
> 
> 
> The story goes that in ancient Greece the sophists were recognized
> experts on public speaking, who took pride in being able to sway their
> audience into any point of view they liked, or got paid for. (Much
> like todays "spin doctors", I believe.) This in contrast to the
> philosophers, who were the experts on what is True, regardless of
> popularity or any pragmatics.
> 
> So sophistry usually means something like a lot of fancy talk that
> isn't very helpful in establishing what is true, or important, or
> right, or bestest of parens and white-space.

And it often involved asking questions, whose answers were already known.

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