PHIL 1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vagueness, Amsterdam School, Eristic
2 Aug 2019
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1. happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. 3. a person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness. ambiguity. I. e. , we can never be sure if we do or do not have the truth. May go so far as mocking and name-calling. An assertion is made, and an interlocutor disagrees with it. If the argument is about facts, might be better to do research than argue: opening stage. This stage concerns the rules and procedures to be used. Mostly you argue with people you know, and the rules have been already set. But, if something surprising happens the stage may have to be re-visited: argumentation stage. You may have to go back to an earlier stage: Well i have no problem with that. back to confrontation stage. Father says, don"t argue with your mother! back to opening stage. Argument may end by someone agreeing the other is right.
