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6:34 AM No score for this post  JVH say  (Login JVH)   Merely
opposing or contradicting a position does not equal refuting it.
In the realm of reasoning and logic; also called common sense,
A&R is game.  Argument: a disagreement or a mode of reasoning
wherein a set of statements mean to establish a definite
proposition while logic serves as the means to evaluate the
quality of ratiocination applied within the argument as to
determine whether the conclusion reached proves both valid and
sound.  Refutation: disagreement in its most convincing form.
It's also the rarest, because it's the most work. To refute
someone we have to quote them. We have to find a "smoking gun";
a passage -in whatever we disagree with- we feel is mistaken;
point it out; substantiate why it is mistaken and how it affects
the whole, if at all. The force of a refutation therefore,
depends on what we refute and how we do it.    The most powerful
form of disagreement is to refu