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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/devils-advocate.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/devils-advocate.html index dfd5482..dffc70c 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/devils-advocate.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/devils-advocate.html @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays upholding action" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Devil's Advocate - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/devils-advocate.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>Why the Devil's Advocate Doesn't Help Reach the Truth</h2> -<p>by Richard Stallman</p> +<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address> <p>Playing the devil's advocate means challenging a position by saying what a hypothetical adversary would say. I encounter this frequently @@ -78,17 +86,18 @@ that you adopt the goal of “probing the issues.” And if you are asked how you would answer if someone else asked a hostile question, perhaps this essay is a good response.</p> -<hr class="thin" /> -<h3 style="font-size:1.2em">Footnote</h3> +<hr class="column-limit" /> +<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3> <ol> <li id="ft1">The author uses the gender-neutral third person singular pronouns “person,” “per,” and “pers.”</li> </ol> +</div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -106,13 +115,13 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations -README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> @@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2012, 2017 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 2012, 2017, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -143,10 +152,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2017/11/07 21:09:49 $ +$Date: 2021/09/02 08:55:39 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |