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Fallacies and Argument Appraisal presents an introduction to the nature, identification, and causes of fallacious reasoning, along with key questions for evaluation. Drawing from the latest work on fallacies as well as some of the standard ideas that have remained relevant since Aristotle, Christopher Tindale investigates central cases of major fallacies in order to understand what has gone wrong and how this has occurred. Dispensing with the approach that simply assigns labels and brief descriptions of fallacies, Tindale provides fuller treatments that recognize the dialectical and rhetorical contexts in which fallacies arise. This volume analyzes major fallacies through accessible, everyday examples. Critical questions are developed for each fallacy to help the student identify them and provide considered evaluations.
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Presents an introduction to the nature, identification, and causes of fallacious reasoning, along with key questions for evaluation. Drawing from the latest work as well as standard ideas relevant since Aristotle, Tindale investigates cases of major fallacies in order to understand what has gone wrong and how this has occurred.
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Introduction on how to identify fallacies in arguments
27 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
The author discusses the nature of fallacious arguments, and then explores a variety of fallacies that often appear in arguments. The author presents many examples to illustrate various fallacies, offers Critical Questions to help recognize and identify the various fallacies, and provides practice exercises for each chapter. Each chapter also has a section on further reading for those interested in pursuing additional discussion of the fallacies.
The book is intended as a classroom text, but it can be read and understood by an individual reader outside a classroom setting. The book provides an adequate introduction to how you can learn to identify fallacies in arguments. The book is too basic for persons looking for detailed or technical discussions of fallacies. More technical books about fallacies include C.L. Hamblin, Fallacies (Studies in Critical Thinking) (No 1) (Vale Press, 1970); Hans V. Hansen and Robert C. Pinto (eds.), Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995); and Douglas Walton, A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy (Studies Rhetoric & Communicati) (University of Alabama Press, 1995).
The book is intended as a classroom text, but it can be read and understood by an individual reader outside a classroom setting. The book provides an adequate introduction to how you can learn to identify fallacies in arguments. The book is too basic for persons looking for detailed or technical discussions of fallacies. More technical books about fallacies include C.L. Hamblin, Fallacies (Studies in Critical Thinking) (No 1) (Vale Press, 1970); Hans V. Hansen and Robert C. Pinto (eds.), Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995); and Douglas Walton, A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy (Studies Rhetoric & Communicati) (University of Alabama Press, 1995).
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