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Informal fallacies : towards a theory of argument criticisms /

The basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walton, Douglas N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond companion series ; 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, standards, or procedures should be adopted or appealed to in evaluating an argument as "good," "not-so-good," "open to criticism," "fallacious," and so forth. Hence our primary concern will be with the problems of how to criticize an argument, and when a criticism is reasonably justified
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 336 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027278906
9027278903
1283358905
9781283358903
9786613358905
6613358908