cogency

How To Use cogency In A Sentence

• In other words, the validity of a viewpoint seemed to hinge on the author's pedigree rather than on the cogency if his argument.
• Recently , the argument has come under serious scrutiny , with many influential philosophers unconvinced of its cogency .
• It was replete with mathematical formulas and stated his case with a rare cogency and persuasiveness.
• You say "it was his cogency and the coherence, transparency and unbeguiling quality of his reasoning that was relied upon" ( "beguiling" or "unbeguiling"?) On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
• To achieve cogency and synchronicity of the outcome of these different teams it is necessary to use two management techniques - programme management and project management.
• His truisms and verbal propositions, his dogmatic assertions and unreal demonstrations, savour more of theology than of political science, while his quasi-mathematical method of reasoning from abstract formulæ, assumed to be axiomatic, gives a deceptive air of exactness and cogency which is apt to be mistaken for sound logic. The Rise of the Democracy
• If this post lacks my usual cogency and clarity, let me know.
• Fforde's disregard for temporal paradox and cogency is uncommon but not unique. MIND MELD: The Tricky Trope of Time Travel
• It fell in well enough with that love of emotional issues, that want of soberness and want of cogency, which is so characteristic of modern philosophers. The Life of Reason
• While we fret about the decreasing cogency of public debate, computers dismiss linear argument and promote fast, shallow romps across the information landscape.