Apologetics – Religious discipline of systematic defence of a position

Appeal to nature – Argument or rhetorical tactic

Corporate jargon – Buzzwords and specalialized vocabulary used by businesspeople

Casuistry – Reasoning by extrapolation

Confidence trick – Attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence

Demagogue – Politician or orator who panders to fears and emotions of the public

Fallacy – Argument that uses faulty reasoning

Pseudophilosophy – Philosophical idea or system which does not meet an expected set of standards

Manipulation (psychology) – Exploitative type of social influence

F. C. S. Schiller – German-born British pragmatist philosopher

School of Names – Ancient Chinese philosophical school

Sleight of mouth – Pseudo-scientific intellectual framework

Sophist (dialogue) – Book by Plato that uses 'method of division'

Sophistic works of Antiphon – Works by ancient Athenian philosopher

Sophistication – Word derived from sophistry

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