[FRIAM] Abducktion
Frank Wimberly
wimberly3 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 9 16:10:58 EDT 2020
Sheesh, Nick. Since when do you judge speakers by their appearance?
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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 1:09 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jon,
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> 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.
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> Even if the talk was delivered by a badly groomed cocker spaniel in a Lord
> Fauntleroy jacket.
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> Nick
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> FN =To steelman an argument is to put it in it’s best possible form BEFORE
> beginning to evaluate it. Back formation from “strawman”.
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale
> Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion
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> Agreed! Pinker is a smug jerk.
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