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Fallacies B.II Ins Ch. 1. Generalia

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. 3. C[...?] [...?] [...?]

 + Examine or to [...?] de[...?] as to Either side?

'. 6. Character applying in common to these fallacies +: viz. Irrelevancy addressed

On character has been already mentioned as applicable in common to fallacies in general, at any rate to the class of fallacies here in question, viz. irrelevancy: irrelevancy with reference to the subject in hand

Whatsoever be the proportion on the carpet the weaker among the arguments that plead against it these that really in a particular manner belong to it /the subject/ the greater the demand for additional ones: and if so it be that no such specific arguments applicable to it can be found, the whole mass of the arguments that can be brought up against must come under this general description of irrelevant ones, and upon these must rest the whole burthen of the defence and the whole of the chance in favour of a successful one /success/.

Whatsoever proposition it be that a man defends or attacks /part a man takes whether in the way of attack or of defence/, if he would /to/ defend it with any chance of success it is necessary he should appear persuaded of the propriety of defending /attacking/ it. But if called upon for a reason, as in a deliberating and debating assembly he naturally /of course/ will be, something under the guise of a reason he must come out with /have in store/, otherwise the opposite persuasion will of course be ascribed to him