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by chinigo 2132 days ago
"An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition."

"No it isn't."

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That’s not an argument, that’s simple contradiction!
I disagree. The meta insight of the contradiction elevates it to the level of an argument. The contradiction serves as an argument in this case.

Edit: Interestingly the argument is the antithesis of the contradiction!