8 Oct 2015

(292) The Shakespeare Authorship Debate and Ian Mortimer's "logical fallacy "

Mortimer doesn't notice his ->circular reasoning" .-

->an Mortimer, Author and Historian,  on April 23 2015 in Chapter house of Exeter Cathedral delivered a lecture entitled "The Shakespeare Authorship Debate and Historical Responsibility", available as a ->kindle-edition.At the end of his lecture he ventured an answer to the question, he had asked at the onset: What would Shakespeare of Stratford have made of the debate concerning the authorship of the plays that bear his name?
Mortimer  gave his own view that the Stratfordman  would reflect on how determined he had been to acquire knowledge and linguage skills that were not his birthright, and how often he had been the victim of prejudice for beeing no more than the son of a (..).glover

Mortimer doesn't seem to notice  his "->circular reasoning" or his "->logical fallacy".- If Shakspere of Stratford was a strawman and not the author of  "Hamlet" or "Macbeth",
it cannot necessarily be expected he would have asked  this  questions. 

If Shakespeare of Straford was the author of "Hamlet" or "Macbeth",  because of his inconceivable talent and language skills it would not have been necessary for him to  reflect on his determination to acquire knowledge and language skills....
With respect to the concerns of his presentation (the authorship problem) Mortimers question seems brilliantly fallacious...