countersupport
defence
underpin
antitheoretical
bite the bullet
indefensible
untenable
con
thesis
heterological
antirationalist
make for
contradictory
practical
refutationist
talking point
refuter
elench
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
antagonize
interpretationist
redargue
explanationist
postpositivism
courage of one's convictions
ecumenist
counter-argumentative
dialectics
undergird
anticonstructivism
immanent critique
contrary to
confuter
antihumanistic
counterargumentation
pro
antireductionist
strengthen
disprover
principlist
old-line
proleptic
reason
oldline
see the point
throw one's weight behind
rebutter
affirmativism
theoretical
hypothesis