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'Chronological snobbery' is a logical fallacy coined between friends C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield describing the erroneous argument that the thinking, art, or science of an earlier time is ''inherently'' inferior when compared to that of the present. Or as Barfield explains it, it is the belief that "intellectually, humanity languished for countless generations in the most childish errors on all sorts of crucial subjects, until it was redeemed by some simple scientific dictum of the last century."[1] The subject came up between them when Barfield had converted to Anthroposophy and was persuading Lewis (an atheist at that time) to join him. One of Lewis's objections was that the religion was simply outdated, and in ''Surprised by Joy'' (chapter 13, p. 207-208) he describes how this was fallacious:
The form of the chronological snobbery fallacy can be expressed as follows:
★ You argue that A implies B.
★ A implies B is an old argument, dating back to the times when people also believed C.
★ C is clearly false.
★ Therefore, A does not imply B.
C. S. Lewis in ''Surprised by Joy'' (Chapter 13, p. 206) recounts his story:
G. B. Tennyson in his book '' offers the following firsthand account:
★ Historian's fallacy
★ Presentism (literary and historical analysis)
★ Whig history
★ Chronological Snobbery at Encyclopedia Barfieldiana
★ C. S. Lewis on Chronological Snobbery
★ Chronological Snobbery at Summa Bergania
1. ''History in English Words'' p. 164
'Chronological snobbery' is a logical fallacy coined between friends C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield describing the erroneous argument that the thinking, art, or science of an earlier time is ''inherently'' inferior when compared to that of the present. Or as Barfield explains it, it is the belief that "intellectually, humanity languished for countless generations in the most childish errors on all sorts of crucial subjects, until it was redeemed by some simple scientific dictum of the last century."[1] The subject came up between them when Barfield had converted to Anthroposophy and was persuading Lewis (an atheist at that time) to join him. One of Lewis's objections was that the religion was simply outdated, and in ''Surprised by Joy'' (chapter 13, p. 207-208) he describes how this was fallacious:
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| Pattern |
| Examples |
| See also |
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Pattern
The form of the chronological snobbery fallacy can be expressed as follows:
★ You argue that A implies B.
★ A implies B is an old argument, dating back to the times when people also believed C.
★ C is clearly false.
★ Therefore, A does not imply B.
Examples
C. S. Lewis in ''Surprised by Joy'' (Chapter 13, p. 206) recounts his story:
G. B. Tennyson in his book '' offers the following firsthand account:
See also
★ Historian's fallacy
★ Presentism (literary and historical analysis)
★ Whig history
External Links
★ Chronological Snobbery at Encyclopedia Barfieldiana
★ C. S. Lewis on Chronological Snobbery
★ Chronological Snobbery at Summa Bergania
References
1. ''History in English Words'' p. 164
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