The
first anthology to consider both fallacy theory and particular fallacies
through classics from the history of philosophy and new contributions
from leading modern writers.
Contents
PART
I: Historical Selections
On
Sophistical Refutations Aristotle
Concerning
Sophisms and Faulty Arguments Advanced in Public Life and Everyday
Affairs Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole
Four
Sorts of Arguments John Locke
Kinds
of Arguments and the Doctrine of Sophisms Isaac Watt
Of
Fallacies Richard Whately
On
Fallacies John Stuart Mill
PART
II: Contemporary Theory and Criticism
The
Blaze of Her Splendors Ralph H. Johnson
Six
Types of Fallaciousness Maurice Finocchiaro
The
Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Fallacies Frans H. van Eemeren
and Rob Grootendorst
Failures
of Relevances: A Rhetorical View Charles Willard
The
Fallacy Behind Fallacies Gerald Massey
Reply
to Massey Trudy Govier
Fearful
Symmetry John Woods
PART
III: Analyses of Specific Fallacies
The
Ad Hominem Alan Brinton
Argumentum
Ad Hominem: A Pragma-Dialectical Case in Point Frans H. van
Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst
The
Essential Ingredients of the Fallacy of Begging the Question Douglas
N. Walton
Appeal
to Force John Woods
Appeal
to Ignorance Erik C. W. Krabbe
The
Appeal to Popularity and Presumption by Common Knowledge James
Freeman
Appeal
to Authority James Bachman
Equivocation Lawrence H. Powers
Post
Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Robert C. Pinto
PART
IV: Fallacies and Teaching
Do
the Fallacies Have a Place in the Teaching of Reasoning Skills/Critical
Thinking? David Hitchcock
The
Place of Teaching Fallacies in Teaching Reasoning Skills or Critical
Thinking J. Anthony Blair
PART V: Bibliography
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