איל שמעוני

Scholarly and scientific texts are about inquiry¹, and ideally conform to principles of rational argmnent². The same applies to the discourse, or dialogue, of which these texts are part). Out of the duo 'argumentation' (whose allegiance is to
correct reasoning) and 'rhetoric' (whose allegiance is to persuasion⁴: of some second or third party⁵), it is usually admitted and assumed that scholarly texts and discourses owe allegiance to the former⁶. And that, because scholarly enterprises seek truth⁷, and owing to implicit assumptions to the effect that truth needs no embellishment, and that devices known to be prone to fallacies must be avoided8