That is,eristicarguments focus on being right, or being perceived as right or compelling.
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He names these three last methods aseristicdialectic (contentious argument).
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It also encompasseseristicdialog, the branch of social debate in which victory over an opponent is the primary goal.
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Isocrates saw thateristicdisputations were of no practical service and did not conjecture about useful things.
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No matter how one attempts to refuteeristicarguments, the argument is designed so that any means of refutation will fail.
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Plato believed that theeristicstyle, did not constitute a method of argument, believing that to argue eristically is to consciously use fallacious arguments therefore weakening one's position.
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