Informal Fallacies: Towards a Theory of Argument CriticismsThe basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, standards, or procedures should be adopted or appealed to in evaluating an argument as good, not-so-good, open to criticism, fallacious, and so forth. Hence our primary concern will be with the problems of how to criticize an argument, and when a criticism is reasonably justified. |
Contents
A NEW MODEL OF ARGUMENT | 1 |
HOT RHETORIC AND ARGUMENT | 33 |
THE LOGIC OF PROPOSITIONS | 63 |
LOGICAL DIALOGUEGAMES | 97 |
ENTHYMEMES | 133 |
LONGER SEQUENCES OF ARGUMENTATION | 157 |
FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM AUTHORITY | 185 |
VARIOUS FALLACIES | 203 |
ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PERSON | 217 |
EQUIVOCATION | 241 |
INFORMAL LOGIC AS A DISCIPLINE | 289 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 323 |
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Informal Fallacies: Towards a Theory of Argument Criticisms Douglas N. Walton No preview available - 1987 |
Common terms and phrases
accept allegation ambiguity amphiboly analysis appeal appeal to pity applied argu arguer basic Black chapter circular classical logic commitment-set commitment-store commitments conclusion conditional criticism debate deductive logic deductively valid defend defined dialectical dialogue-games direct answer disambiguations dispute enthymeme evaluating evidence example expert fallacy of equivocation false form of argument formal logic game of dialogue given graph Hamblin games Hence Hintikka games hominem fallacy ignoratio elenchi inconsistency inference informal fallacies informal logic invalid irrelevant Lorenzen MacEachen means ment missing premisses model of argument modus ponens move objective opponent opponent's participant petitio plausible player populum position pragmatic precisely presupposition problem proposed propositional calculus prove Rae's reasonable refutation reject relatedness logic relevance relevance logic reply requirement rules semantics sentences set of propositions sort statement Statistics Canada strategy subject-matter suppose thesis tion topic valid argument Walton why-question yes-no question