Sophist - Wikipedia Sophistry, or a sophism, is a fallacious argument, especially one used deliberately to deceive [2][3] A sophist is a person who reasons with clever but deceptive or intellectually dishonest arguments [4][5]
The Sophists - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Our understanding of the sophists is deeply colored by Plato’s strenuous efforts to sharply distinguish philosophers from sophists, and in particular to make a case that the Athenians were wrong to regard Socrates as one of the sophists
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Rhetoric Argumentation - Britannica Sophist, any of certain Greek lecturers, writers, and teachers in the 5th and 4th centuries bce, most of whom traveled about the Greek-speaking world giving instruction in a wide range of subjects in return for fees The term sophist (Greek sophistes) had earlier applications
SOPHISM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SOPHISM is an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; especially : such an argument used to deceive
What is Sophism? - PHILO-notes Sophism is a term used to describe a particular style of argumentation and reasoning that is often associated with deception and trickery It refers to a type of rhetoric that aims to persuade rather than inform, and that relies on clever wordplay and logical fallacies to make its point
SOPHISM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary In one sense the converse of either a howler or a sophism is a mathematical paradox, in which a valid derivation leads to an unexpected or implausible result
SOPHISM Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Sophism definition: a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone See examples of SOPHISM used in a sentence
Sophists - New World Encyclopedia Initially, a sophist was someone who gave sophia to his disciples, that is, wisdom made from knowledge It was a highly complimentary term, applied to early philosophers such as the Seven Wise Men of Greece
Sophism - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A sophism is a statement to deceive someone in a debate or conversation to make themselves look right when they are wrong Sophism sometimes shows up as difficult words and complicated sentences to coerce the audience into agreeing with them
sophism - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Within the framework of democracy a new ideology, born of sophism, took root and proclaimed the rights of the individual in all spheres, political as well as moral