[lit-ideas] Re: Persuasion Redux

Walter Okshevsky wrote:

"But could anybody provide an example of the significance of context
to the persuasiveness of philosophical claims and judgements?  How
about to their rightness or truth?"

To know whether a proposition is true or not is to know the context
within which the proposition is properly asserted.  Without context,
there is no way to determine rightness or truth.  I would think
context even more important for persuasiveness since persuasiveness
is, at least in part, the congruence of logical argument and
experience.

Sincerely,

Phil Enns
Indonesia
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