10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOGIC-CHOPPING»
Discover the use of
logic-chopping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
logic-chopping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Logic and the Imperial Stoa
It is not logic itself which arouses Seneca's scorn and his ire: it is what he calls
cavillatio, logic-chopping. The import of his urgings is not: Don't do logic. It is: Don
't quibble. This interpretation is indirectly confirmed by ep cxiii 26. Here too we ...
LOGIC CHOPPING. The fallacy of using the technical tools of logic in an
unhelpful and pedantic manner by focusing on trivial details instead of directly
addressing the main issue in a dispute. That this is done is truly a shame,
because logic ...
3
108 Sonnets for Awakening: And Selected Poems
LOGIC. CHOPPING. Whether it be a pot or heavy lump of clay, Or the
microcosmic atom in my breath, Whether it be smoke, fire or mountain way, Will
any serve as a cure for painful death? I'm only blocking love by logic chopping, I
must bow to ...
4
The Historians' Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time
But the briefest survey of how politicians use history warns that a practical
philosophy of history— our goal in this book—must define practicality in a
different fashion than the politicians and their speechwriters. Lessons in Logic
Chopping ...
5
Evil and Christian Ethics
Some people think that this is logic chopping. Perhaps it is, but logic chopping is
enough, in fact, to undermine any argument that purports to be deductive. At a
minimum, the argument from evil to the non-existence of God is not what it seems
.
6
The Unity of Content and Form in Philosophical Writing: The ...
He is highly critical of these kinds of academic writing that he perceives as a
tendency toward sterile logic chopping which is at variance with the true mission
of philosophy.46 Instead of patiently treating genuine philosophical problems
and ...
7
Reading Plato's Theaetetus
First, the text more obviously and naturally supports the Rylean reading than the "
logic-chopping" reading. 165d2-4 sounds pretty much like the application of a "
substitution test" (Burnyeat p.22) which puts "to know" for "to perceive". It does not
...
Timothy D. J. Chappell, 2004
8
Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
But to many, philosophy of science seemed to be turning into an exercise in “
logic-chopping” for its own sake. And as we will see in the next sections, even the
logic-chopping did not go well. Despite this, there is a lot to learn from the
problems ...
Peter Godfrey-Smith, 2009
9
The Very Idea of Modern Science: Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle
This is a mistake that goes beyond terminological niceties: Bacon used “
dialectics” rightly to denote criticism; he was disappointed in the scholastic
tradition that allowed criticism to fade into logic-chopping. All Renaissance
mystics opposed ...
10
The Philosophy of Goethe's Faust
It is well known that Goethe, like Carlyle, despised logic-chopping, and in this,
indeed, he was right. Logic-chopping has, most assuredly, its value in the
academic state of existence ; but, as Goethe saw clearly, when it is taken as an ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOGIC-CHOPPING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
logic-chopping is used in the context of the following news items.
SunTrap, BBC One
This entails some excruciatingly wooden writing, all of which is scaffolding to launch Novak into position for a succession of his logic-chopping ... «The Arts Desk, May 15»
The Critics Rave!
... however, he was rejected by a rationalistic, linear, logic-chopping Western Church that was totally closed to the reality of the supernatural. «National Catholic Register, Apr 15»
Harper whispers his way into another war
It's logic-chopping on a Clintonesque level: 'I did not have combat with that jihadist.' Consider the incontrovertible contradiction in what Lawson ... «iPolitics.ca, Jan 15»
The UKIP effect: killing the thing you love
As an exercise in logic-chopping this article should win a prize. The author is struggling to persuade his readers that huge numbers of voters ... «Spectator.co.uk, Oct 14»
