Rhetorical deception

Overview

A rhetorical deception is any particular technique used in speech or writing to persuade someone of an opinion based on unsound reasoning.

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Rhetorical deceptions typically play on people's innate cognitive biases (see: List of cognitive biases).

Related Articles

• The rhetorical deceptions category is a catalogue of pages about specific types of rhetorical deception.
• Logical fallacies are frequently used as rhetorical deceptions.

Links

Reference

standard

• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia
• dKosopedia: closest page is Religious Political Rhetoric (as of 2009-06-18)
• LessWrong Wiki (Dark arts)
• RationalWiki (Rhetoric)
  • The Fine Art of Baloney Detection
• SourceWatch
• Wiktionary
• Merriam-Webster
• The Woolly-Thinker's Guide to Rhetoric: a list of common techniques

specialized

• Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation "has been floating on the Net since the late '90s at least..."
• Bubba Business Primer: some more aggressive techniques for real-time verbal debate (effective over the phone or in person)

Humor

• 2009-05-28 Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run!