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2635Poe's law, group polarization, and the epistemology of online religious discourseSocial Semiotics 22 (4). 2012.Poe's Law is roughly that online parodies of religious extremism are indistinguishable from instances of sincere extremism. Poe's Law may be expressed in a variety of ways, each highlighting either a facet of indirect discourse generally, attitudes of online audiences, or the quality of online religious material. As a consequence of the polarization of online discussions, invocations of Poe's Law have relevance in wider circles than religion. Further, regular invocations of Poe's Law in critical…Read more
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1084The Rhetorical Theory of Argument is Self-DefeatingCogency: Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation 3 (1). 2011.The rhetorical theory of argument, if held as a conclusion of an argument, is self-defeating. The rhetorical theory can be refined, but these refinements either make the theory subject to a second self- defeat problem or tacitly an epistemic theory of argument.
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| Epistemology |
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| American Pragmatism |
| Informal Logic |