Fallacies and argument appraisal / Christopher W. Tindale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tindale, Christopher W. (Christopher William), author.

Series:

Critical reasoning and argumentation.

Critical reasoning and argumentation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fallacies (Logic).

Reasoning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Fallacies & Argument Appraisal

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction to the study of fallaciousness

Fallacies of diversion

Fallacies of structure

Problems with language

Ad hominem arguments

Other 'ad' arguments

The ad verecundiam and the misuse of experts

Sampling

Correlation and cause

Analogical reasoning.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16323-4

1-280-85029-9

0-511-27906-X

0-511-80654-X

0-511-27846-2

0-511-27728-8

0-511-32072-8

0-511-27787-3

OCLC:

171125823