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by Mario Pei, Abraham H. Maslow, John Dos Passos, Miguel de Unamuno, Eric Voegelin
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Mario Pei

In rhetoric, a weasel word, or anonymous authority, is a word or phrase aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said, when in fact only a vague, ambiguous, or irrelevant claim has been communicated. The terms may be considered informal. Examples include the phrases "some people say", "it is thought", and "researchers believe". Using weasel words may allow one to later deny (a.k.a., "weasel out of") any specific meaning if the statement is challenged, because the statement was never specific in the first place. Weasel words can be a form of tergiversation and may be used in conspiracy theories, advertising, popular science, opinion pieces and political statements to mislead or disguise a biased view or unsubstantiated claim.

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A collection of twenty-seven essays written over the last thirty years, filling in many historical gaps between publication of the author's "U.S.A." trilogy and "Midcentury."

How the series evolves

beginning
Invitation to linguistics
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peak
Abel Sánchez
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finale
Wissenschaft, Politik, und Gnosis
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overall
0.8· maybe series needed more care

Books in this Series

Invitation to linguistics

Mario Pei
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New knowledge in human values

Abraham H. Maslow
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Occasions and protests

John Dos Passos
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A collection of twenty-seven essays written over the last thirty years, filling in many historical gaps between publication of the author's "U.S.A." trilogy and "Midcentury."

Abel Sánchez

Miguel de Unamuno
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Wissenschaft, Politik, und Gnosis

Eric Voegelin
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Science, Politics and Gnosticism comprises two essays by Eric Voegelin (1901-85), arguably one of the most provocative and influential political philosophers of the last century. In these essays, Voegelin contends that certain modern movements, including positivism, Hegelianism, Marxism, and the "God is dead" school, are variants of the gnostic tradition he identified in his classic work The New Science of Politics. Voegelin attempts to resolve the intellectual confusion that has resulted from the dominance of gnostic thought by clarifying the distinction between political gnosticism and the philosophy of politics.