Full Idea
Eristic: polemic, disputation
Gist of Idea
Eristic: polemic, disputation
Source
PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 38)
A Reaction
This is confrontational argument, rather than the subtle co-operative dialogue of dialectic. British law courts and the House of Commons are founded on eristic, rather than on dialectic. Could there be a dialectical elected assembly?