In any case, I think its pretty unfair to demand double-blind-peer reviewed sources on an internet forum.
I said in my last posts that i will also accept "single referee sources(tons of those on Google scholar) and credible journalistic citations(something afflicted with AP etc., also tons of stuff on the net).
If you want serious academic discussion, then university is the place for you.
The pak defence website says it's an authoritative source for pak security and strategic affairs, English is not my first language but even i know that "authoritative" means that the content inside have a certain degree of academic rigor and is derivative of scholastic. But off course if "authoritative" means gossip mongering and flame-baiting then I apologize and will do the same
Sorry friend...never heard of "stickman analogy" Are you sure this term exists?
Well at least you are honest about what you know and don't know and don't make claims based on anecdote like alot of people here. Now on to "stickman logus":
"stickman logic" or "rester fidèle" as it was called was a common ploy used by continental-femanist philosophers when critiquing soundness and validity of the arguments of their Nietzscheian rivals since the 1900's, it is mentioned in a number of prestigious places ranging from Washington university to king Edward medical collage(where i read about it) to university of Delhi. A rather simple method it reminds the opponent to provide comprehensive information by providing sound sources and not used unprovable sources like personal anecdote and cherry-picking. The opponent off course doesn't do it but instead partially accepts the information used against him and try to deflect it by building around the information used against him with personal anecdotes and statements like "you are correct but the bible says god did this..." or "you have factual astrological proof of earth being round but from where I stand the earth looks flat etc. etc." So the opponent uses sticks[un-corroborative anecdotes] to give his arguments a shape[body], a make a stickman.
Currently the leading "authority" of this specific logus is Mr. D. Magnous. Here is a brief intro of Mr. Magnous:
Education
* Ph.D. in Philosophy. 2003. University of California, San Diego. Underdetermination and the Claims of Science committee: Paul Churchland (chair), Donald Rutherford, Nancy Cartwright
* M.A. in Philosophy. 2000. UC San Diego.
* B.A. in Philosophy and Physics. 1996. Texas Christian University, graduated
with University Honors summa cum laude.
During his tenure in U of C his publication on which also mentions"stickman logus" was also shared with U of C's affiliates including King Edward medical collage, pakistan. His work can be bought from Pakistan Library network, open to students and nationals for a fee (it was Rs. 140 per month in 2005, don't know aboutnow.)
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