Types of Philosophical Arguments

I. Argument from Exhaustion: Where the author considers at great length so many possible solutions to a problem that eventually the reader accepts the author's solution out of relief that it's over.

II. Argument from Repetition: Where the author repeats his thesis throughout his book, in hopes that he'll fool the reader into believing that he's actually proven it somewhere along the line.

III. Argument from Emphasis: By putting the proper emphasis on a key word, a philosopher can sound as if he's actually proven something.

IV. Argument from Intimidation: Where a philosopher tries to convince you he's right by acting as if you must be dense not to understand his argument.

V. Argument from Obscurity: When one argues for some indeterminant thesis (usually having something to do with Being) by putting many words together in a book, with no apparent meaning.

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