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Word of the Day for Friday, May 7, 2010eristic \e-RIS-tik\, adjective: 1. Pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial. noun: This factor is a leading characteristic that separates eristic dialogue from persuasion dialogue. In the quarrel, there is an appearance of paying attention to a logical assessment of the issue by weighing the arguments on both sides (as if the dialogue were, say, a critical discussion.) But this appearance is a sham. Both disputants attain their object in well-conducted argument, though not in eristic, for both cannot be victorious. We're offered ways to seduce, avoid conflict, manipulate the present tense to succeed at work, write speeches and even use eristic techniques to stop a U.S. cop from issuing us with speeding fines. Eristic relates both to Eris, the Greek goddess of strife, as well as what Plato called eristic dialogue, a type of discourse with no reasonable goal beyond winning the argument. | |||||||||
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