[FRIAM] Abducktion

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Jon,

 

You know, in the end, I watched the whole Pinker talk.  And it was good, and
pertinent.  It seemed to be a Pragmatic[ist] take on style: we begin in the
middle and we don't walk too fast.  Or, in other words, "Have mercy on your
reader!"  I confess it's a hard lesson to learn.  Even tho it took me 7
weeks to learn what Glen meant by "Steel Man"fn, I am tempted to use the
term around people who may not have quite figured it out yet.  It makes me
feel like I am a member of the Glen-Club.  

 

Even if the talk was delivered by a badly groomed cocker spaniel in a Lord
Fauntleroy jacket.   

 

Nick 

 

FN =To steelman an argument is to put it in it's best possible form BEFORE
beginning to evaluate it.  Back formation from "strawman".  

 

 

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com

https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion

 

Agreed! Pinker is a smug jerk.

 

 

 

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