Very important analysis on the Halachic value of knowing what a wrong argument is. I often read , Conservative or Open Orthodox teshuvot and can see that something is wrong. It is important to be able to figure out what to be a good posek.
Great point connecting the ability to recognize forbidden magic and faulty reasoning. Interestingly, many of the classic commentators, starting with Tosafos, reinterpret the Gemara to be saying something else (I note the Meiri, for example: https://open.substack.com/pub/rishonimpodcast/p/daf-sophistry-in-the-sanhedrin). But as you say, there are important complexities when considering who is the author of our statement, the follow-up demonstration, and the Gemara in Eruvin.
Very important analysis on the Halachic value of knowing what a wrong argument is. I often read , Conservative or Open Orthodox teshuvot and can see that something is wrong. It is important to be able to figure out what to be a good posek.
Great point connecting the ability to recognize forbidden magic and faulty reasoning. Interestingly, many of the classic commentators, starting with Tosafos, reinterpret the Gemara to be saying something else (I note the Meiri, for example: https://open.substack.com/pub/rishonimpodcast/p/daf-sophistry-in-the-sanhedrin). But as you say, there are important complexities when considering who is the author of our statement, the follow-up demonstration, and the Gemara in Eruvin.