Historical foundations of informal logic / / edited by Douglas Walton, Alan Brinton

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 160
• Soggetto topico: Logic - History
• Altri autori: BrintonAlan WaltonDouglas N
• Note generali: First published 1997 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction / Douglas Walton and Alan Brinton -- 2. The logic of Greek sophistry / John Poulakos -- 3. The roots of informal logic in Plato / James Benjamin -- 4. Aristotle and informal logic / Pamela Huby -- 5. Forms of argumentation in medieval dialectic / Alan R. Perreiah -- 6. The Port Royal logic / Russell Wahl -- 7. The logick of Isaac Watts / Alan Brinton -- 8. Whately and the study of fallacious reasoning / Raymie E. McKerrow -- 9. Jeremy Bentham's Handbook of political fallacies / Rob Grootendorst -- 10. Mill on inference and fallacies / Hans V. Hansen -- 11. Kant and informal logic / Hud Hudson -- 12. Informal logic in the twentieth century / Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair.
• Sommario/riassunto: In just the last twenty years there has arisen a strong interest, especially among teachers of logic at the universities, in teaching techniques of applied logical reasoning and critical thinking. Many universities are now stressing these skills at an introductory level, and to meet the need, informal logic has begun to form and grow as a discipline in its own right. Like all subjects, it helps us to understand it if we can situate it in a context of historical development. This collection of essays provides the readings required to understand the development of a subject whose historical origins have been so far little studied. Many of the chapters are written by scholars in philosophy and speech communication who are themselves leading contributors to the subject, and their contemporary views throw light on how these earlier writers have influenced their thinking. This dimension gives an added interest to the essays, and indicates the way informal logic is currently evolving and seeking out its ancient historical origins.
• Titolo autorizzato: Historical foundations of informal logic
• ISBN: 1-351-93070-2; 1-138-26755-4; 1-315-25332-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155028703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Avebury series in philosophy.