05-11-2017, 08:48 PM
(05-11-2017, 07:47 PM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: The reason you point out biases is not to show that someone is a biased person. Everyone is biased as has already been said. You point out biases to show an unfairness in argumentation and thus the meaningfulness or persuasiveness of such arguments lose their ability to be so.
The persuasiveness of my argument can be affected by your bias. However, pointing out your bias doesn't affect the persuasiveness of my argument.
If I facetiously write, "At least you have an open mind," to point out you are biased (which we already know everyone is) it doesn't make my argument more or less persuasive. Meanwhile our biases are already evident.
