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If the word "trick" brings offense, we can just as easily substitute
the alternative "exercise" with no loss of meaning, old sport. If one
cared to understand the nature of rhetoric within the sphere of
philosophy, one could do worse than read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance" of course; taking on Aristotle without the help of
professional guidance might easily lead one astray.<br>
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Logical argument isn't particularly in need of structure by external
means when it's done correctly, of course.<br>
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RB<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk">L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk</a> wrote:
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<p><font size="2">> 3. End-to-End Args proposes applying the
notion of smart, reliable<br>
> endpoints communicating over unreliable comms system to all sorts
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> other things as a rhetorical trick.<br>
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Reed's comment on rhetoric bringing structure to logical argument<br>
has nothing to do with a paper doing engineering analysis and<br>
drawing insights from commonalities.<br>
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(I would submit that to fully understand its arguments and internalize<br>
its concepts, an engineering mindset is required.)<br>
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Richard Bennett
Research Fellow
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Washington, DC</pre>
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