motte-and-bailey is a rhetorical move: defend an indefensible claim (the bailey) by retreating, when challenged, to a related defensible claim (the motte). The motte is the...
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motte-and-bailey is a rhetorical move: defend an indefensible claim (the bailey) by retreating, when challenged, to a related defensible claim (the motte). The motte is the...
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