same way as if you said “your methodology here is flawed in X, Y, Z ways” regardless of agreement with conclusion?
This raises an interesting issue. A meta-argument is an argument about an argument. Arguments about methodology are indeed “meta”, but they are “meta” in a different way than “you are insufficiently truth-seeking” is. You can argue about methodology because you think certain methodologies are more reliable, and thus there is still a strong connection to the object level. Thus I would be tempted to call this a meta-object-argument, a meta-argument who’s purpose is to help address the object level.
“You are insufficiently truth-seeking”, can be meta in the sense that it raises a higher order issue, that the person in the discussion is doing something bad. We might call it a meta-meta-argument, a meta-argument who’s purpose is to address a meta-level issue.
This raises an interesting issue. A meta-argument is an argument about an argument. Arguments about methodology are indeed “meta”, but they are “meta” in a different way than “you are insufficiently truth-seeking” is. You can argue about methodology because you think certain methodologies are more reliable, and thus there is still a strong connection to the object level. Thus I would be tempted to call this a meta-object-argument, a meta-argument who’s purpose is to help address the object level.
“You are insufficiently truth-seeking”, can be meta in the sense that it raises a higher order issue, that the person in the discussion is doing something bad. We might call it a meta-meta-argument, a meta-argument who’s purpose is to address a meta-level issue.