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[[File:Tumblr inline mjkw9sQHdX1qz4rgp.jpg|thumb|[[wikipedia:The Big Lebowski|The Dude]] uses the phrase in casual conversation.]] | [[File:Tumblr inline mjkw9sQHdX1qz4rgp.jpg|thumb|[[wikipedia:The Big Lebowski|The Dude]] uses the phrase in casual conversation.]] | ||
==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | Saying "[[That's your opinion]]" (or other words to the same effect) in response to a reasoned [[argument]] is | + | Saying "[[That's your opinion]]" (or other words to the same effect) in response to a reasoned [[argument]] is possibly the simplest form of the [[argument from subjectivity]]. It [[dismissive statement|dismisses]] any [[rational]] argument that was offered while simultaneously ruling the subject matter out of bounds for rational discussion. |
It is similar to the "[[That's your bias]]" attack. | It is similar to the "[[That's your bias]]" attack. | ||
Revision as of 03:28, 25 January 2015
The Dude uses the phrase in casual conversation.
About
Saying "That's your opinion" (or other words to the same effect) in response to a reasoned argument is possibly the simplest form of the argument from subjectivity. It dismisses any rational argument that was offered while simultaneously ruling the subject matter out of bounds for rational discussion.
It is similar to the "That's your bias" attack.
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- 2009-03-29 The Ethics of Framing Science: Four Guiding Principles "...pundits such as Richard Dawkins use their authority as scientists to argue their personal opinion that science undermines the validity of religion..." – totally ignoring the fact that Dawkins made a rational, evidence-based case for this conclusion. The assumption seems to be that certain issues are definitionally "matters of opinion", and therefore any position taken on those issues must also be "opinion" regardless of what the facts might be.