Orally delivered arguments tend toward superficiality of logic

Evidence

It is worth observing that many of the deficiencies of the Popular Manual are connected with its “oratory”. The author refers in the preface, as if with pride, to the “spoken” origin of his work. But as Macaulay observed long ago in connection with oral discussions in Greece, it is precisely “oral demonstrations” and the mentality of orators which tend to be connected with the most incredible superficialities of logic and argumentation. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1564

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Orally delivered theory tends toward superficiality and uncritical habits — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1564; Oral argument functions as sustained judicial questioning that tests an attorney’s legal position — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1550; Oral argument can reframe a case in ways written briefs cannot — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1552
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Orally delivered theory tends toward superficiality and uncritical habits — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1564; Oral argument functions as sustained judicial questioning that tests an attorney’s legal position — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1550; Oral argument can reframe a case in ways written briefs cannot — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1552

Broader Connections

• Orally delivered theory tends toward superficiality and uncritical habits #corroborates (0.95) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1564