Thus, I am prepared to entertain a great many arguments I do not endorse as legitimate; and indeed, I am able to criticize such arguments precisely because the various modalities of argument give me standards by

DEFINE: Clarifies a key epistemic stance: one can legitimately entertain and critique arguments one doesn't endorse by invoking the standards internal to their modality of argument.

Philip Chase Bobbitt, Philip Chase Bobbitt - Refl…, loc. 452