Sentence examples for Illogical argument from inspiring English sources

The tricks of using sonorous and solemn language, carefully gauged humour, artful congeniality, appropriate mixtures of logical and illogical argument, and flattery of a jury or a mob were formulated from the actual practices of successful lawyers, demagogues, and politicians.

And one of the points I want to make as we start this is, as you think about some of the issues I want to bring up, I think it's important to recognize a logical argument from an illogical argument.

But the space shuttle has been justified as a vehicle to reach the space station, which is a completely circular and illogical argument.

Actually, even children wouldn't make such a stupid, illogical argument.

I mean, besides classic hedging when caught in an illogical argument?

To the editor: Leave it to Yoo to co-author an op-ed article torturing readers with an illogical argument.

It would be immoral for anyone to put brakes on its further development based on illogical arguments.

The play ripples with nonsensical dialogue, silly misunderstandings, pointless quibbles, inconsequential mutterings, illogical arguments, empty promises, and the occasional nod toward suicide.

Unsettled by the "illogical" arguments presented therein, she turned to "the classic response used by frustrated people through history: I started a parody Twitter account".

The proponents of a ban on cats qat may be well intentioned, but rely on a mixture of exaggerated, selective, anecdotal, prejudiced and most frequently erroneous and illogical arguments.

Whereas "Illiberal Education," the book that made Mr. D'Souza a conservative star back in 1991, had some illuminating points to make about the excesses of political correctness on college campuses, this embarrassing volume is an out-and-out partisan screed made up of illogical arguments, distorted and cherry-picked information, ridiculous generalizations and nutty asides.