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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...if necessary. You may even elaborate this by writing the arguments for both sides in parallel columns. Of course you should never use an argument which you can see on its face to be fallacious, nor a statement which represents merely a prejudice and nothing more. You should use only such arguments as you think a sincere debater would conscientiously employ. By thus making your reasons articu-j late you will often find that there is really no' tenable case at all for one side, and you willj t seldom fail to reach a definite conclusion. This method of arriving at a decision may be ' 1 voted childish and even artificial, but nothing is to be despised which can render intellectual help. 6 Scifrice and Education, One word more on this. There is a type of individual, most often met with among writers, who fears to make a statement of his thought definite, because he has a faint suspicion that it may be wrong. He wishes to allow himself plenty of loopholes to slip out of an intellectual position in case any one should attack it. Hence he never says outright, "Such and such is the case." Instead, Ms talk or writing is guarded on all sides by such expressions as "It is probable that," "it is possible that," "the facts seem to indicate that"; or "such and such is perhaps the case." Not satisfied with this he makes his statement less positive by preceding it with an "I believe," or worse yet, with an "/ am inclined to believe." This is often done under the impression that it is something noble, that it signifies broadmindedness, lack of dogmatism, and modesty. It may. If it does, so much the worse for broadmindedness, lack of dogmatism, and modesty. Never yield to the temptation to word your thought...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236302826
- ISBN 13 9781236302823
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages46
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