Answer: sophists

AnswerCrossword Clue
SOPHISTSProtagoras and Gorgias, notably
SOPHISTSSuperficial reasoners
SOPHISTSSpecious reasoners
SOPHISTSFallacious reasoners
SOPHISTSClever, specious reasoners
SOPHISTSScholarly sorts
sophistsSOPHIST, one who use sophisms
sophistsA person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments
sophistsA paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning