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Bulverism - Clive Staples Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism
Bulverism is a type of ad hominem rhetorical fallacy that combines circular reasoning and the genetic fallacy with presumption or condescension. The Bulverist assumes a speaker's argument is invalid or false and then explains why the speaker came to make that mistake or to be so silly (even if the opponent's claim is actually right) by attacking the speaker or the speaker's motive.
The term Bulverism was coined by C. S. Lewis after an imaginary character[1] to poke fun at a serious error in thinking that, he alleged, frequently occurred in a variety of religious, political, and philosophical debates.
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Description: This is a combination of circular reasoning and the genetic fallacy. It is the assumption and assertion that an argument is flawed or false because of the arguer's suspected motives, social identity, or other characteristic associated with the arguer's identity.
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15: Bulverism is the rhetorical fallacy where you don’t prove that your opponent is wrong: you state \
conjectural psychological or biological explanations of how he came to be wrong.
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C. S. Lewis - Bulverism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUyNbowJGGg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism
Bulverism is a type of ad hominem rhetorical fallacy that combines circular reasoning and the genetic fallacy with presumption or condescension. The Bulverist assumes a speaker's argument is invalid or false and then explains why the speaker came to make that mistake or to be so silly (even if the opponent's claim is actually right) by attacking the speaker or the speaker's motive.
The term Bulverism was coined by C. S. Lewis after an imaginary character[1] to poke fun at a serious error in thinking that, he alleged, frequently occurred in a variety of religious, political, and philosophical debates.
Logically Fallacious
Bulverism
Bulverism
This is a combination of circular reasoning and the genetic fallacy. It is the assumption and assertion that an argument is flawed or false because of their suspected motives, social identity, or other characteristic associated with their identity.
Psycho-Babble
15: Bulverism is the rhetorical fallacy where you don’t prove that your opponent is wrong: you state \
conjectural psychological or biological explanations of how he came to be wrong.
Andrew Rilstone (2023)
15: Bulverism is the rhetorical fallacy where you don’t prove that your opponent is wrong: you state conjectural psychological or biological explanations of how he came to be wrong.
Bulverism is the rhetorical fallacy where you don’t prove that your opponent is wrong: you state conjectural psychological or biographical e...
Youtube
C. S. Lewis - Bulverism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUyNbowJGGg
The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Part 1: Bulverism - A Pilgrim in Narnia
As far as I know, Lewis never used the phrase, “wordsmith.” When it comes to writing, he preferred images of stone, greenery, and song to metaphors of fire and steel. Yet there were times that Lewis turned to the forge to shape just the right word or phrase for his purpose. It is valuable to
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