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Fallacy And Argumentational Vice, Andrew Aberdein
Fallacy And Argumentational Vice, Andrew Aberdein
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If good argument is virtuous, then fallacies are vicious. Yet fallacies cannot just be identified with vices, since vices are dispositional properties of agents whereas fallacies are types of argument. Rather, if the normativity of good argumentation is explicable in terms of virtues, we should expect the wrongness of fallacies to be explicable in terms of vices. This approach is defended through case studies of several fallacies, with particular emphasis on the ad hominem.
Denying The Antecedent And Conditional Perfection Again, Andrei Moldovan
Denying The Antecedent And Conditional Perfection Again, Andrei Moldovan
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It has been argued that a fragment of discourse that constitutes a fallacy of denying the antecedent at the level of what is literally said may not be a fallacy at the level of speaker meaning. The pragmatic phenomenon involved here is known as conditional perfection. I argue that the account of conditional perfection in van der Auwera (1997) and Horn (2000) has several problems, and I discuss several possible alternatives.
The Abuses Of Argument: Understanding Fallacies On Toulmin's Layout Of Argument, Andrew Pineau
The Abuses Of Argument: Understanding Fallacies On Toulmin's Layout Of Argument, Andrew Pineau
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This paper provides a preliminary account of fallacies on Toulmin’s model of argument, one that improves upon previous attempts to understand fallacies on this argument scheme. To do this I examine Johnson and Blair’s (1983) taxonomy of three basic fallacies (irrelevant reason, hasty conclusion and problematic premise) on Toulmin’s layout.
The Use Of Hyperbole In The Argumentation Stage, A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans
The Use Of Hyperbole In The Argumentation Stage, A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans
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In this paper I investigate what role the stylistic device of hyperbole can play in arguers’ strategic maneuvers in the argumentation stage of a discussion. First, I give an analysis of the general effects the use of hyperbole may have in argumentative discourse. Next, I specify how hyperbole may contribute to arguers’ dialectical and rhetorical aims in the argumentation stage of a discussion.