Paul Graham's disagreement hierarchy
Paul Graham's disagreement hierarchy
- DH0. Name-calling: the lowest level of argument.
- DH1. Ad hominem: attackung the person rather than the point they are making.
- DH2. Responding to tone: The lowest form of responding to writing is disagreeing with the author’s tone.
- DH3. Contradiction: you offer an opposing case but very little evidence.
- DH4. Counterargument: a contradiction with evidence and reasoning.
- DH5. Refutation: quote someone back to themselves and pick a hole in that quote to expose a flaw.
- DH6. Refuting the central point: The most powerful form of disagreement.
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