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Equivocation, or multiple meaning, is explained through the introduction of an additional response, the distinction, to points of order in formal dialogue objecting to immediate inconsistency.
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Mackenzie, J. Equivocation as a Point of Order. Argumentation 21, 223–231 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-007-9050-2
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