Sentence examples for mistaken argument from inspiring English sources

Dick Armey, a former congressman from Texas who headed a conservative organization that had gone to the district to work for Mr. Hoffman, said the turn of events — and the surge of conservative grass-roots attention on this small race — underscored what he said was the mistaken argument by Republicans that they needed to field moderate candidates to be competitive.

However, only true mathematical gaps — missing or mistaken arguments — can be the basis for a claim of originality.

Not only did such ideas support racism and fascism in politics, but such ideas themselves were supported only by radically mistaken arguments concerning the nature and explanation of organic and unorganic matter.

Besides, Hume's claim that the principle is "certain" is mistaken because the argument he sets out for the principle is inductive (IHM 5.7, 69 70, 75 6).

Without the appearance condition, it can be argued, no division can be made between these two kinds of errors: either there are no fallacies or all mistakes in argument and/or argumentation are fallacies, a conclusion that some are willing to accept, but which runs contrary to tradition.

"These are the mistaken and misleading arguments we hear from those who have failed to demonstrate how the war in Iraq has made us safer," Obama said.

Milton Friedman, if I am not mistaken, used the same argument for abolishing the Food and Drug Administration.

Yet she offers no objective evidence that the argument is mistaken.

Clegg said he thought that critics of Benefits Street on both sides of the argument were mistaken.

In 2016, a major-party nominee for President seems to have mistaken misogyny for an argument against democratic legitimacy.

That was deliberate and I think the argument of mistaken identity can't really be used here – there were big signs outside saying 'Sikh temple'.