Topical relevance in argumentation / / Douglas N. Walton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956942003321
• Autore: Walton Douglas N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1982
• ISBN: 1-283-35955-3; 9786613359551; 90-272-8057-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (89 pages)
• Collana: Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 3:8
• Classificazione: ER 640
• Disciplina: 160
• Soggetti: Reasoning; Relevance (Philosophy); Debates and debating; Logic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography (p. 76-79) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TOPICAL RELEVANCE IN ARGUMENTATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; 1. CONVERSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS OF IRRELEVANCE; 1.0 Objective of Study; 1.1 Dual Nature of Pragmatic Analysis; 1.2 Disputation Theory; 1.3 Standard Preconceptions o f Irrelevance; 1.4 Fallacies o f Emotional Distraction; 1.5 Ad Misericordiam Arguments; 1.6 A Contrastive Case Study; 1.7 The Ad Hominem Fallacy; 1.8 Relevant Answers to Questions; IMMIGRATION TIMOTHY LEARY: REASON ALLOWED TO ENTER CANADA; 1.9 A Second Case Study of Question-Relevance; ENERGY SALE OF GASOLINE TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS 1.10 Function o f Questioning in Parliamentary Debate; 2. PROPOSITIONAL INFERENCES IN DISPUTATION; 2.0 Relevance in Games of Dialogue; 2.1 Refutation and Propositional Structure; 2.2 Classical Propositional Logic: Basic Elements; 2.3 Valid Arguments in Classical Logic; 2.4 Astounding Inferences in Classical Logic; 2.5 Relatedness Propositional Logic: Basic Elements; 2.6 Valid Arguments in Relatedness Logic; 2.7 The Astounding Inferences Revisited; 2.8 The Propositional Core of Disputation; 3. PARADOXES, SOPHISMS AND RELATEDNESS; 3.0 The Meaning of Relatedness 3.1 Act-Sequences and Relatedness; ; 3.2 Subject-Matter Contents of Propositions; 3.3 Paradoxes and Astounding Inferences; 3.4 Missing Factors; 3.5 Needed Premises in Inferences; 3.6 Irrelevant Premises; 3.7. Pluralism of Concepts of Relevance; 3.8 Information Inclusion; 4. CRITICISMS OF IRRELEVANCE IN GAMES OF DIALOGUE; 4.0 Six Types of Criticisms of Irrelevance; 4.1 Varieties of Games; 4.2 Strong and Weak Refutation; 4.3 Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Games; 4.4 Misconception of Refutation; 4.5 Pertinence; 4.6 Question-Answer Relevance; 4.7 Types of Questions and Answers 4.8 Rules o f Responding; 4.9 Types of Relevance Compared; 4.10 Conditionals in Disputation; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: It is a longstanding if not altogether coherent tradition of logic and rhetorical studies that an argument can be incorrect or fallacious in virtue of some proposition in it being "irrelevant". This monograph clarifies that tradition. Non-classical propositional calculi, including relevance logics and relatedness logics, are juxtaposed against conversational criticisms of irrelevance in natural argumentation, e.g. in parliamentary debates. The object is to see if there is a reasonable way of evaluating criticisms like "That's beside the point!" or "That's irrelevant!".