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KyleIsThisTall on scored.co
1 year ago4 points(+0/-0/+4Score on mirror)
I looked up pilpul to see if I could find something to build off of and the definitions of pilpul the sites give are hilariously pipul themselves.
>a collective term denoting various methods of talmudic study and exposition, especially by the use of subtle legal, conceptual, and casuistic differentiation.
So... lying. Sophistry.
No, no, no. Don't be antisemitic... "loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'".
Merriam-Webster came closest
critical analysis and hairsplitting : casuistic argumentation especially among Jewish scholars on talmudic subjects : rabbinical dialectic
>a collective term denoting various methods of talmudic study and exposition, especially by the use of subtle legal, conceptual, and casuistic differentiation.
So... lying. Sophistry.
No, no, no. Don't be antisemitic... "loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'".
Merriam-Webster came closest
critical analysis and hairsplitting : casuistic argumentation especially among Jewish scholars on talmudic subjects : rabbinical dialectic