FalloutJack said:
In conversation, one must be prepared to take in a few grains of salt and not jump to conclusions too harshly.
When someone is talking about there beliefs the logical assumption would be that they are telling the truth as lying would impede upon the cohesiveness of the conversation.
In casual talk, yes, I would take what someone says with a few grains of salt. Even if it is not the most logical assumption, it is the most reasonable thing to do. Even I accidently say something that I don't entirely believe once in a while.
In debates or deep discussions, I would expect you to take the time to be as accurate and descriptive as possible in order to avoid confusion. Unless they correct their mistake, assuming they were inaccurate would be an appeal to probability.
Matthew94 said:
So in your world you cannot argue over anything subjective?
You cannot be objective over things like games most of the time.
I never said that at all. I simply suggested that adding "I think" or "In my opinion" to ideas that were subjective would be a good idea as it would help to eliminate confusion about what was being debated. You can still argue over subjective things, however, they fall under arguments of reason more than arguments of logic.
For games, you can argue both. You can have a discussion about the technical quality of a game and that would be a logical discussion in which the goal would likely be to pinpoint the games technical flaws and the games technical achievements.
You could also argue about the subjective quality of a game. For one person, a game where you get to play as the CEO of a child-labor factory would be terrible due to the subject matter. To another person, it could be enjoyable because they saw it as a parody. In this case the technical quality of the game has little to no effect on the argument.
I would, however, suggest identifying your opinion during this type of argument because when two people try to state their opposing opinions as fact it often times leads to anger, and anger is never good for an argument.