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Fallacies and Argument Appraisal (Critical Reasoning and Argumentation)

By Christopher W. Tindale

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521842085, 9780521842082
Open Library ID
OL7766219M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
946 kB (969066 bytes)
Series
Critical Reasoning and Argumentation
Edition
1
Pages
238\238
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

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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