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OP What do you call an argument (or statement) that is an example of the very thing it seeks to refute.
For example: "Ad hominem arguments are the tools of scoundrels and blackguards. Therefore, they are invalid."
See here for more hilarious (well, funny) examples.
For the time being, I have borrowed autologica: the word for words like "word" from another thread.
It reminds me of an aporia, such as: "All written statements are false" (which, ex hypothesi, etc.) but seems to want its own Latinate sesquipedalianism.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Autological arguments Hydra 11/04/07 02:00 PM Re: Autological arguments Hydra 11/13/07 05:54 PM Re: Autological arguments Jackie 11/14/07 12:21 AM Re: Autological arguments R. Eastcourt 11/14/07 01:14 AM Re: Autological arguments Hydra 11/14/07 06:22 AM Re: Autological arguments R. Eastcourt 11/15/07 12:50 AM Re: Autological arguments Hydra 11/19/07 08:49 PM
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