An instant of honesty and compassion is more important than an hour of logical argumentation and the facts. |
Is The New Rhetoric about the arguments people make, or about the process of argumentation? |
Far more interesting, though, is the quality of argumentation offered in support of Derrida's importance. |
He listened patiently to others, never interrupting them, and then won them over to his way of thinking by logical argumentation. |
This line of argumentation is currently being hotly debated in legal circles. |
This is a passionate essay, but one that tends to substitute assertion for argumentation and engagement. |