Counterargument
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| - | "'''And you are lynching Negroes'''" (''А у вас негров линчуют'', "but at your place Negroes are being [[lynching|lynched]]") is an anecdotal [[counter-argument]] phrase, which epitomizes the ''[[tu quoque]]'' arguments used by the [[Soviet Union]] in response to allegations that it had violated [[human rights]]. | + | |
| + | In [[reason]]ing and [[argument map]]ping, a '''counterargument''' is an [[objection (argument)|objection]] to an objection. A counterargument can be used to [[Rebuttal|rebut]] an objection to a [[premise]], a [[main contention]] or a [[lemma (logic)|lemma]]. Synonyms of counterargument may include rebuttal, reply, counterstatement, counterreason, comeback and response. The attempt to rebut an [[argument]] may involve generating a counterargument or finding a [[counterexample]]. | ||
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| - | * ''[[Human Rights Record of the United States]]'', a document issued by the [[Communist Party of China|Communist]] government of [[People's Republic of China|China]], referencing in the introduction US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on China and "prepared to urge the United States to face up to its own human rights issues" | + | * [[Paul Graham (programmer)#Graham's hierarchy of disagreement|Graham's hierarchy of disagreement]] |
| - | * [[The pot calling the kettle black]] | + | * [[Inference objection]] |
| - | * [[Tu quoque]] | + | |
| - | * [[Whataboutism]] | + | |
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In reasoning and argument mapping, a counterargument is an objection to an objection. A counterargument can be used to rebut an objection to a premise, a main contention or a lemma. Synonyms of counterargument may include rebuttal, reply, counterstatement, counterreason, comeback and response. The attempt to rebut an argument may involve generating a counterargument or finding a counterexample.
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