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Others embraced the new pamphlet format to weigh in on the merits of Luther's arguments, both for and against, like argumentative bloggers.
Most authors (e.g., Govier 1999 and Hitchcock 2002) have rejected the suggestion that we should broaden our definitions to make dialectical obligations a necessary component of an argument, but now grant that some accounting of the dialectical aspects of argumentative exchange must be an integral part of any comprehensive understanding of ordinary argument.
As he repeatedly states, what is required in order to disambiguate fallacies is not a deeper knowledge of the rules of logic but a recognition that arguments need to be evaluated within their wider linguistic and argumentative context.
On an intuitive level, the basic idea is that the question whether an argument is acceptable concerns the question whether it is defended from its argumentative attacks.
In already stretched departments their behaviour is an unwelcome and potentially dangerous distraction from the care of people who might reasonably be described as more deserving," said Mann. "Patients who are acutely intoxicated can become abusive, argumentative , obnoxious or physically abusive.
But large questions remain about whether Zawahiri, considered more argumentative and less charismatic than his Saudi predecessor, can unite al-Qaida's factions across south Asia and the Middle East while evading his American pursuers.
He could be argumentative but had this ability not to take himself too seriously".
"A person with FASD might not so easily understand cause and effect and right and wrong, and they might to respond well to a more argumentative approach from police".
She was argumentative , unafraid, glamorous and fun, and she endured a dreadful final illness with typical grace and courage.
Clooney and Brad Pitt recruit, among others, the bratty and argumentative Mormon Twins (Scott Caan, Casey Affleck) as drivers, pop-eyed, world-weary black comedian Bernie Mac as their inside-man on the casino floor, comedy titan Carl Reiner and blustering Elliott Gould for special senior-citizen duties, and Cheadle, sporting an unwelcome English accent, as their explosives expert.
There are a couple of legitimate ways to compare the two, notably that both employ an argumentative style in which the claim that one is speaking forbidden truths is enlisted to ward off outraged reactions to what are in fact slanderous lies.
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The adjective "argumentative" primarily functions as a descriptive modifier , characterizing nouns (usually people or texts) as being prone to or characterized by argument. Ludwig provides numerous examples demonstrating its usage across diverse contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
