Theos-Talk Archives (July 2005 Message tt00214)

Anand Gholap wrote:
> It is well known fact that students for Ph.D. do research and write 
> thesis mostly to get Ph.D. degree and to prove their ability to do 
> scholarly research. 
Logical fallacy #1: argumentum ad populum

> But Gregory made big mistake later. His research on rumors - which 
> formed very small part of the life of Mr. Leadbeater - was published 
> by Gregory as his full biography. In Adyar TS there are large number 
> of members who have Ph.D. or master's degree. Most of these scholars 
> rejected this biography considering it completely misleading as it 
> focused on small part of his life and was published by Gregory as 
> full biography of Mr. Leadbeater. 
Logical fallacy #2: argumentum ad verecundiam

> It formed opinion that Gregory does not have capacity to 
> do any objective, scholarly research and his character is not pure 
> enough to place before world accurate facts in balanced manner. 
Logical fallacy #3: argumentum ad hominem

Learn a bit of logic BEFORE you start writing proofs, please.

Bart