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Definition: ERISTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments.[Wordnet]
2. Alt. of Eristical.[Websters]
3. Being controversial, argumentative, polemical, agonistic or disputatious. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being disagreeable or objectionable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun 1. A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy.[Wordnet]
2. The art of logical disputation (especially if specious).[Wordnet].

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"Eristic" is a common misspelling or typo for: eristics.

Date "Eristic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: ERISTIC

Eristic

Eristic, from the ancient Greek word Eris meaning wrangle or strife, often refers to a type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to win the argument and to not potentially discover a true or probable answer to any specific question or topic. Eristic dialogue is arguing for the sake of conflict, fighting, and often to see who can yell the loudest.

Philosophical Eristic

Plato often contrasted this type of dialogue with the dialectical method and other more reasonable and logical methods (e.g., at Republic 454a). In the dialogue Euthydemus, Plato satirizes eristic.

Different from Plato, Schopenhauer considers that only logic pursues truth. For him, dialectic, sophistry and eristic have no objective truth in view, but only the appearance of it, and pay no regard to truth itself because it aims at victory. He names these three last methods as "eristic dialectic"[1]

According to Schopenhauer Eristic Dialectic is mainly concerned to tabulate and analyse dishonest stratagems[2], in order that in a real debate they may be at once recognised and defeated. It is for this very reason that Eristic Dialectic must admittedly take victory, and not objective truth, for its aim and purpose.

Argumentation theory

Argumentation theory is a field of study that asks critical questions about eristic arguments and the other types of dialogue.

Notes

  1. Controversial Dialectic on CoolHaus.de accessed at January 19, 2008
  2. In his Dialectica Eristica Schopenhauer presents 38 eristic stratagems

References

Schopenhauer, Arthur. Eristische Dialektik,1830.

External links

See also

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Topics by Level of Interest: ERISTIC

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Eristic 6     Eristic 6

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"eristic" is a common misspelling or typo for: eristics.

Synonyms: eristic
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 disagreeable, controversial, polemical, argumentative, contestable, litigious, gladiatorial, disputatious, disputative, contentious, objectionable.
Consider also: debatable, moot, aggressive, arguable, difficult, disputable, distasteful, exceptionable, nasty, offensive, uncomfortable, challengeable, combative, hypothetical, militant, warlike.

Noun

 controversialist, disputant.
Consider also: debater, arguer, contestant, gladiator, polemics, fighter.

Other

 Aristotelian, eristical.
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Computed Synonyms: eristic

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   11.0088   eristic     controversial     debatable, contentious, moot, argumentative, disputable   
 2   7.2094   eristic     polemic     controversy, polemical, polemics, argumentative, debate   
 3   4.0092   eristic     disputant     debater, wrangler, controversialist, argumentative, disputatious   
 4   4.0089   eristic     argumentative     contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious, polemic, debatable   
 5   3.0093   eristic     debate     dispute, discussion, argument, discuss, argue   
 6   3.0092   eristic     gladiator     fighter, combatant, gladiators, boxer, swordsman   
 7   2.5095   eristic     agonistic     athletic, sporting, sporty, sportive, controversial   
 8   2.0194   eristic     Eire     Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Erin, emerald isle, Hibernia   
 9   2.0093   eristic     Ireland     Republic of Ireland, Erin, Eire, emerald isle, Irish   
 10   2.0093   eristic     moot     debate, controversial, disputable, discuss, arguable   
 11   2.0092   eristic     vexed     incited, abetted, annoyed, roused, gnawed   
 12   2.0091   eristic     litigious     contentious, disputable, disputatious, moot, debatable   
 13   1.0797   eristic     eristical     Controversal, Debateful, disputative   
 14   1.0192   eristic     explosive     plosive, Explosive material, detonating, blasting agent, fiery   
 15   1.0091   eristic     discourse     talk, speech, address, conversation, lecture   
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Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: eristic

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.2083   eristic     Republic of Ireland     Ireland, Eire, Erin   
 2   1.0092   eristic     cross talk     crosstalk, comic dialogue, altercation   
 3   1.0081   eristic     full of contradictions     contrarious, conflicting, inconsistent   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: eristic

Context Synonyms within Context

Reasoning,

Eristic, arguer, argumentative, Aristotelian, casuist, controversial, controversialist, controvertist, debater polemic, dialectic, dialectician, discursive, discursory, disputant, disputatious, eristical, logician, polemical, rationalist, rationalistic, reasoner, reasoning, scientist, wrangler.

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Translations: ERISTIC

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya جَدَلٌ مُمَوَّهٌ (eristic). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha جَدَلٌ مُمَوَّهٌ (eristic). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Albanian diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic جَدَلٌ مُمَوَّهٌ (eristic). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski любител на спорове (eristic), изкуството да се спори (eristic). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) lyubitel na sporove (eristic), izkustvoto da se spori (eristic). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian polemický (argumentative, polemic, polemical, controversial, disputative), rozporný (contradictory, dissident, inconsequent, inconsistent, ambivalent). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese irlanda (Ireland, Eire, eristic). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian любител на спорове (eristic), изкуството да се спори (eristic). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) lyubitel na sporove (eristic), izkustvoto da se spori (eristic). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina polemický (argumentative, polemic, polemical, controversial, disputative), rozporný (contradictory, dissident, inconsequent, inconsistent, ambivalent). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 争论的 (disputant, eristic, argumentative, contestable, controversial), 论客 (eristic), 争论术 (eristic), 争论家 (eristic), 好争论的 (eristic, litigious, contentious). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 論客 (eristic), 爭論術 (eristic), 爭論家 (eristic), 爭論的 (argued, argumentative, contestable, controversial, disputant), 好爭論的 (contentious, eristic, litigious, quarrelsome, argumentative). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech polemický (argumentative, polemic, polemical, controversial, disputative), rozporný (contradictory, dissident, inconsequent, inconsistent, ambivalent). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian eristicã (eristic), de controversã (eristic). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari اهل مباحثه (disputant, eristic), مباحثهاى (controversial, eristic), مباحثه اى (eristic), بحث و جدلي (eristic), بحث و جدلى (eristic). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 논쟁자 (disputant, eristic, arguer, controversialist, contestant), 논쟁상의 (eristic, controversial), 논쟁적인 (disputatious, eristic, argumentative, disputative), 논쟁술 (eristic, polemics), 논증법 (eristic, polemics), 논쟁의 (polemic, controversial, agonistic, eristic, gladiatorial), 논쟁을 좋아하는 논쟁가 (eristic), 논쟁 (contestation, disputation, polemic, controversy, debate). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 논쟁자 (disputant, eristic, arguer, controversialist, contestant), 논쟁상의 (eristic, controversial), 논쟁적인 (disputatious, eristic, argumentative, disputative), 논쟁술 (eristic, polemics), 논증법 (eristic, polemics), 논쟁의 (polemic, controversial, agonistic, eristic, gladiatorial), 논쟁을 좋아하는 논쟁가 (eristic), 논쟁 (contestation, disputation, polemic, controversy, debate). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic جَدَلٌ مُمَوَّهٌ (eristic). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian absztrakt dialektika (eristic). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian polemico (argumentative, contentious, controversial, disputatious, polemic), filosofo eristico (eristic), eristico (eristic), eristica (eristic), capzioso (captious, carping, eristic, exceptive). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 論争好き (contentiousness, eristic, litigiousness, disputatiousness), 論争の (polemic, eristic, polemical), 論争だ (controversial, disputative, eristic, eristical, Controversal), 論争者 (disputant, debater, disputants, arguer, contender), 論争術 (polemics, eristic, polemic), 論客 (controversialist, gladiator, eristic, polemic, polemicist). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 논쟁자 (disputant, eristic, arguer, controversialist, contestant), 논쟁상의 (eristic, controversial), 논쟁적인 (disputatious, eristic, argumentative, disputative), 논쟁술 (eristic, polemics), 논증법 (eristic, polemics), 논쟁의 (polemic, controversial, agonistic, eristic, gladiatorial), 논쟁을 좋아하는 논쟁가 (eristic), 논쟁 (contestation, disputation, polemic, controversy, debate). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Lietuvi eristika (eristic). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Litauische eristika (eristic). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Litewski eristika (eristic). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Lithuanian eristika (eristic). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Litovskiy eristika (eristic). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Liutuviskai eristika (eristic). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar absztrakt dialektika (eristic). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian eristicã (eristic), de controversã (eristic). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi اهل مباحثه (disputant, eristic), مباحثهاى (controversial, eristic), مباحثه اى (eristic), بحث و جدلي (eristic), بحث و جدلى (eristic). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian اهل مباحثه (disputant, eristic), مباحثهاى (controversial, eristic), مباحثه اى (eristic), بحث و جدلي (eristic), بحث و جدلى (eristic). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) اهل مباحثه (disputant, eristic), مباحثهاى (controversial, eristic), مباحثه اى (eristic), بحث و جدلي (eristic), بحث و جدلى (eristic). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese irlanda (Ireland, Eire, eristic, Republic of Ireland). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian eristicã (eristic), de controversã (eristic). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian eristicã (eristic), de controversã (eristic). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi dispytlysten (eristic). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian искусство полемики (eristic), любитель спора (eristic). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) iskusstvo polemiki (eristic), lyubitelʹ spora (eristic). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki искусство полемики (eristic), любитель спора (eristic). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) iskusstvo polemiki (eristic), lyubitelʹ spora (eristic). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) kontroverzan (controversial, eristic). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish erístico (eristic). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska dispytlysten (eristic). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish dispytlysten (eristic). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish tartışmalı (moot, contentious, controversial, topical, eristic). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian полемічний (polemic, agonistic, eristic, polemical), спірний (contentious, controversial, debatable, moot, argumentative), ерістичний (eristic), ерістика (eristic). Additional references: Ukrainian, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) polemіchniy (polemic, agonistic, eristic, polemical), spіrniy (contentious, controversial, debatable, moot, argumentative), erіstichniy (eristic), erіstika (eristic). Additional references: Ukrainian, eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe diskutim (discussion, argument, deliberation, argumentation, assessment), debat (debate, controversy, disputation, dispute, eristic). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), eristic. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ERISTIC

Language Translations for “eristic” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagerathagistathagic (eristic). Additional references: Athag, eristic. (volunteer)
Double Dutch ageragistagic (eristic). Additional references: Double Dutch, eristic. (volunteer)
Leet 3[z1§+1< (eristic). Additional references: Leet, eristic. (volunteer)
Oppish operopistopic (eristic). Additional references: Oppish, eristic. (volunteer)
Pig Latin eristicway (eristic). Additional references: Pig Latin, eristic. (volunteer)
Terran B dristiay (eristic). Additional references: Terran B, eristic. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi uberubistubic (eristic). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, eristic. (volunteer)
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