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sophism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sophism \Soph"ism\, n. [F. sophisme, L. sophisma, fr Gr ?, fr ? to make wise, ? to be become wise, to play the sophist, fr ? wise.] The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence any fallacy designed to deceive. When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one then it is properly called a sophism, or ``fallacy''. --I. Watts. Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms, those of depraved men, and those of heartless philosophers. --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sophism n : a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone [syn: {sophistry}]
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