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Focusing on minor detailsYou have a discussion in which you make numerous points and your interlocutor responds by ignoring pretty much all your points, instead singling out a minor detail which wasn't really germane and this responding to this at length. Is there a name for this? |
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| asked on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 06:46:11 AM by Bryan | ||||
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Claims are constantly being made, many of which are confusing, ambiguous, too general to be of value, exaggerated, unfalsifiable, and suggest a dichotomy when no such dichotomy exists. Good critical thinking requires a thorough understanding of the claim before attempting to determine its veracity. Good communication requires the ability to make clear, precise, explicit claims, or “strong” claims. The rules of reason in this book provide the framework for obtaining this understanding and ability.
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Sounds like he Cherry Picked one of your points and then made a Red Herring out of it which Avoided the Issue . |
| answered on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 08:07:40 AM by Jason Mathias | |
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This is hair splitting, a form of Red Herring where the person is attempting to quibble over minor details. This distracts from main topic of discussion. For example, kicking up a fuss about a...spelling mistake. If the person picked your weakest point and replied to that as if it represented your whole argument, that would be a Weak Man fallacy. However, try not to make too many points because you could easily commit fallacy yourself (Shotgun Spree/Gish Gallop) if you focus on a high quantity of arguments rather than good quality. |
| answered on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 11:53:44 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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This sounds like a classic Red Herring . |
| answered on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 08:04:34 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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