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Abductive Reasoning [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton
| Abductive Reasoning [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 160 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reasoning
Abduction (Logic) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8173-8761-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Abductive, Presumptive, and Plausible Arguments; Abductive Inference; Peirce on the Three Types of Reasoning; Peirce on the Form of Abductive Inference; Scientific Discovery and Artificial Intelligence; Abductive Inference in Legal Evidence; Defeasible, Plausible, and Presumptive Reasoning; Tentative Definitions; Argumentation Schemes; Araucaria as a Tool for Argument Diagramming; 2. A Dialogue Model of Explanation; Types of Explanation; Models of Scientific Explanation; Simulation, Understanding, and Making Sense
Scripts, Anchored Narratives, and ImplicaturesThe Dialogue Model of Explanation; The Speech Act of Explanation; Dialogue Models of Scientific Argumentation and Explanation; Examination Dialogue and Shared Understanding; Dialectical Shifts and Embeddings; 3. A Procedural Model of Rationality; Computational Dialectics; Reasoning as Chaining of Inferences; Forward and Backward Chaining Rule-Based Systems in Artificial Intelligence; The Problem of Enthymemes; Multiagent Practical Reasoning; Bounded Rationality; 4. Defeasible Modus Ponens Arguments A Typical Case of Abductive Reasoning in Evidence LawArgumentation from Consequences; Defeasible Inferences and Modus Ponens; Conditionals and Generalizations; Abductive Inference in Medical Diagnosis; Introducing Defeasible Modus Ponens; Using Defeasible Modus Ponens as an Argumentation Scheme; 5. Abductive Causal Reasoning; Necessary and Sufficient Conditions; Forms of Causal Argumentation; Argument from Correlation to Cause; Abductive Causal Reasoning in Law; Causal Abduction in Medical Examination and Diagnosis; Causal Reasoning as Dynamic Improvement of a Hypothesis The Thesis That Causal Reasoning Is AbductiveCausal Explanations; The Chain of Reasoning in the Accident Case; Insights into Causal Argumentation Yielded by the Abductive Theory; 6. Query-Driven Abductive Reasoning; Argument Extrapolation by Chaining Forward; Colligation in Chaining Backward; The Form of Abductive Inference Revisited; Belief-Desire-Intention and Commitment Models; The Abductive Profile of Dialogue; Abduction as a Query-Driven Process; Discovery as an Open Process; Retraction of Commitment; The Four Phases of Abductive Reasoning; 7. Unsolved Problems of Abduction Abduction and Argumentation SchemesEnthymemes, Argumentation Schemes, and the Defeasible Modus Ponens Form of Reasoning; The Role of Examination in Science; Accounts and Explanations; The Problem of Inconsistency; How Abductive Reasoning Moves Forward by Examining Competing Accounts; Question-Answering and Critiquing Systems in Artificial Intelligence; Summary of Abduction as a Heuristic; Notes; References; Index |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Abductive Reasoning [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton
| Abductive Reasoning [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 160 |
| Soggetto topico |
Reasoning
Abduction (Logic) |
| ISBN | 0-8173-8761-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Abductive, Presumptive, and Plausible Arguments; Abductive Inference; Peirce on the Three Types of Reasoning; Peirce on the Form of Abductive Inference; Scientific Discovery and Artificial Intelligence; Abductive Inference in Legal Evidence; Defeasible, Plausible, and Presumptive Reasoning; Tentative Definitions; Argumentation Schemes; Araucaria as a Tool for Argument Diagramming; 2. A Dialogue Model of Explanation; Types of Explanation; Models of Scientific Explanation; Simulation, Understanding, and Making Sense
Scripts, Anchored Narratives, and ImplicaturesThe Dialogue Model of Explanation; The Speech Act of Explanation; Dialogue Models of Scientific Argumentation and Explanation; Examination Dialogue and Shared Understanding; Dialectical Shifts and Embeddings; 3. A Procedural Model of Rationality; Computational Dialectics; Reasoning as Chaining of Inferences; Forward and Backward Chaining Rule-Based Systems in Artificial Intelligence; The Problem of Enthymemes; Multiagent Practical Reasoning; Bounded Rationality; 4. Defeasible Modus Ponens Arguments A Typical Case of Abductive Reasoning in Evidence LawArgumentation from Consequences; Defeasible Inferences and Modus Ponens; Conditionals and Generalizations; Abductive Inference in Medical Diagnosis; Introducing Defeasible Modus Ponens; Using Defeasible Modus Ponens as an Argumentation Scheme; 5. Abductive Causal Reasoning; Necessary and Sufficient Conditions; Forms of Causal Argumentation; Argument from Correlation to Cause; Abductive Causal Reasoning in Law; Causal Abduction in Medical Examination and Diagnosis; Causal Reasoning as Dynamic Improvement of a Hypothesis The Thesis That Causal Reasoning Is AbductiveCausal Explanations; The Chain of Reasoning in the Accident Case; Insights into Causal Argumentation Yielded by the Abductive Theory; 6. Query-Driven Abductive Reasoning; Argument Extrapolation by Chaining Forward; Colligation in Chaining Backward; The Form of Abductive Inference Revisited; Belief-Desire-Intention and Commitment Models; The Abductive Profile of Dialogue; Abduction as a Query-Driven Process; Discovery as an Open Process; Retraction of Commitment; The Four Phases of Abductive Reasoning; 7. Unsolved Problems of Abduction Abduction and Argumentation SchemesEnthymemes, Argumentation Schemes, and the Defeasible Modus Ponens Form of Reasoning; The Role of Examination in Science; Accounts and Explanations; The Problem of Inconsistency; How Abductive Reasoning Moves Forward by Examining Competing Accounts; Question-Answering and Critiquing Systems in Artificial Intelligence; Summary of Abduction as a Heuristic; Notes; References; Index |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dialog theory for critical argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton
| Dialog theory for critical argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 160 |
| Collana | Controversies |
| Soggetto topico |
Dialectic
Logic Reasoning |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15265-3
9786612152658 90-272-9200-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454278803321 |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dialog theory for critical argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton
| Dialog theory for critical argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 160 |
| Collana | Controversies |
| Soggetto topico |
Dialectic
Logic Reasoning |
| ISBN |
1-282-15265-3
9786612152658 90-272-9200-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782175003321 |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dialog theory for critical argumentation / / Douglas Walton
| Dialog theory for critical argumentation / / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 160 |
| Collana | Controversies |
| Soggetto topico |
Dialectic
Logic Reasoning |
| ISBN |
9786612152658
9781282152656 1282152653 9789027292001 9027292000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Dialog Theory for Critical Argumentation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction: Dialog theory for Critical Argumentation -- 1. The place of dialog theory -- 1 The rebirth of dialog theory -- 2 Dialog theory in computing -- 3 Agent communication -- 4 Fundamental concepts of dialog theory -- 5 The Critical discussion as a type of dialog -- 6 Plan recognition and deliberation -- 7 The BDI model and the commitment model -- 8 The problem of retraction -- 9 Communication and information -- 10 The future and past of dialog theory -- 2. The history of dialectic -- 1 Origins of dialectic in ancient philosophy -- 2 The dialectic of Socrates and Plato -- 3 Aristotelian dialectic -- 4 Aristotle's classification of types of dialog -- 5 Medieval dialectic -- 6 Dialectic in modern philosophy -- 7 The re-appearance of dialectic -- 8 Eight characteristics of dialectic -- 9 Hamblin's dialog rules -- 10 Functions of questioning and asserting -- 11 The Future of dialectic as a subject -- 3. Persuasion dialog -- 1 Persuasion in rhetoric and dialectic -- 2 Characteristics of persuasion dialog -- 3 Defeasibility and acceptance -- 4 Evidence, testing, and burden of proof -- 5 Dialogs, truth and relativism -- 6 The charge of pernicious relativism -- 7 Judging the maieutic depth of a persuasion dialog -- 8 Aiming at the truth -- 9 Truth, evidence and acceptance -- 10 Conclusions -- 4. Mutlti-agent dialog systems -- 1 Agent communication systems -- 2 Speech acts -- 3 Interrogative messages in ACL's -- 4 Conversation policies -- 5 Sincerity conditions -- 6 Understanding of messages -- 7 Rational effects of a message -- 8 Future multi-agent systems and dialog theory -- 5. Agents in critical argumentation -- 1 The case of the critical discussion on euthanasia -- 2 Fallacy and deception.
3 Current systems of formal dialectic -- 4 Implicit commitment and Gricean implicature -- 5 Adding speech acts and agents to formal dialectic -- 6 What characteristics of an agent are needed? -- 7 Expectations and plausible inference -- 8 Plans, strategies and chaining forward -- 9 Strategies in formal dialectic -- 10 Qualities of character for agents in formal dialectic -- 6. Dialectical shifts and embeddings -- 1 Dialectical shifts and fallacies -- 2 The problem of shifts and embeddings -- 3 Cases of shifts based on embeddings -- 4 Cases of shifts not based on embeddings -- 5 Argumentation schemes -- 6 Analysis of the cases based on embeddings -- 7 Analysis of the cases not based on embeddings -- 8 Fitting dialogs together at global and local levels -- 9 Metadialogs -- 10 Solving the embedding problem -- 7. Criticizing a natural language argument -- 1 Explanation, clarification and interpretation -- 2 The three stages of critical assessment -- 3 Plan recognition and incomplete arguments -- 4 New tools for argument diagramming -- 5 The problem of enthymemes -- 6 Three bases for the enthymeme -- 7 Textual interpretation as an abductive process -- 8 Textual interpretation as simulative -- 9 Anticipating an arguer's future moves -- 10 The problem of diffuse dialog -- Bibliography -- Index -- The series Controversies. |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Informal fallacies [[electronic resource] ] : towards a theory of argument criticisms / / Douglas N. Walton
| Informal fallacies [[electronic resource] ] : towards a theory of argument criticisms / / Douglas N. Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina | 165 |
| Collana | Pragmatics & beyond companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Fallacies (Logic)
Logic |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-35890-5
9786613358905 90-272-7890-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
INFORMAL FALLACIES Towards a Theory of Argument Criticisms; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1: A NEW MODEL OF ARGUMENT; 1. Introduction to the Fallacies; 2. Some More Fallacies; 3. Fallacies Combined in Realistic Dialogues; 4. What is an Argument?; 5. Criticism as Challenge and Response; 6. Basic Categories of Argument Study; NOTES; CHAPTER TWO: HOT RHETORIC AND ARGUMENT; 1. Appeals to Popular Sentiment; 2. Appeals to Force; 3. Appeals to Pity; 4. Overly Personal Argumentation; 5. The Rhetorical Debate
6. Case Study: Parliamentary Debate1. THE ECONOMY MEASURES TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT; 2. BANKS AND BANKING; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; CHAPTER 3: THE LOGIC OF PROPOSITIONS; 1. Deductive Validity; 2. Formal Logic; 3. Classical Propositional Calculus; 4. Applying Deductive Logic to Arguments; 5. Invalidity and Fallaciousness; 6. Relevance and Validit; 7. Subject-Matter Relatedness; 8. Relatedness Logic; 9. Semantics and Pragmatics; 10. What is a Fallacy?; NOTES; CHAPTER 4: LOGICAL DIALOGUE-GAMES; 1. Different Approaches to Formal Dialogues; 2. The Ad Ignorantiam Fallacy; 3. Fallacies of Question-Asking 4. The Fallacy of Many Questions5. Demanding Direct Answers to Questions; 6. Misconception of Refutation; 7. Case Studies of Political Debates; 8. A Game with Dark-Side Commitments; NOTES; CHAPTER 5: ENTHYMEMES; 1. The Tradition of Enthymemes; 2. The Objectives of Dialogue; 3. Veiled Commitment-Sets; 4. Strategy and Plausibility; 5. The Problem Resolved; 6. Order of the Premisses; 7. Multiple Premisses in Complex Arguments; NOTE; CHAPTER 6: LONGER SEQUENCES OF ARGUMENTATION; 1. Sequences of Argumentation; 2. Graphs of Arguments; 3. Case Study: Argument on Sex Education 4. Case Study: Circular Argumentation5. Plausibility Conditions on Arguments; 6. The Missing Links; 7. Conclusions on Circular Arguments; NOTES; CHAPTER 7: FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM AUTHORITY; 1. How Appeals to Authority Can Go Wrong; 2. Plausible Argument; 3. Where Experts Disagree; 4. Expertise and Legal Dialogue; 5. Dialogue and Expertise; 6. Conclusions; NOTE; CHAPTER 8: VARIOUS FALLACIES; 1. Inductive Fallacies; 2. Deductive and Inductive Arguments; 3. Post Hoc Arguments; 4. Slippery Slope; 5. Equivocation; 6. Amphiboly; 7. Composition and Division CHAPTER 9: ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PERSON1. Poisoning the Well; 2. The Sportsman's Rejoinder; 3. Evaluating Ad Hominem Disputations; 4. Four Types of Circumstantial Ad Hominem; 5. Rhetorical Context of Ad Hominem Attacks; 6. Positional Defensibility; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; CHAPTER 10: EQUIVOCATION; 1. What is Equivocation?; 2. Vagueness and Criticisms of Equivocality; 3. The Problem of Subtle Equivocations; 4. Deep Deception and Equivocal Dialogue; 5. Many-Valued Logic for Equivocators; 6. Priest's System LP; 7. Applying LP to the Fallacy of Equivocation; 8. R-Mingle as a Logic for Equivocators 9. RM and Equivocation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457559703321 |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Informal fallacies : towards a theory of argument criticisms / / Douglas N. Walton
| Informal fallacies : towards a theory of argument criticisms / / Douglas N. Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 336 pages) |
| Disciplina | 165 |
| Collana | Pragmatics & beyond companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Fallacies (Logic)
Logic |
| ISBN |
1-283-35890-5
9786613358905 90-272-7890-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
INFORMAL FALLACIES Towards a Theory of Argument Criticisms; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1: A NEW MODEL OF ARGUMENT; 1. Introduction to the Fallacies; 2. Some More Fallacies; 3. Fallacies Combined in Realistic Dialogues; 4. What is an Argument?; 5. Criticism as Challenge and Response; 6. Basic Categories of Argument Study; NOTES; CHAPTER TWO: HOT RHETORIC AND ARGUMENT; 1. Appeals to Popular Sentiment; 2. Appeals to Force; 3. Appeals to Pity; 4. Overly Personal Argumentation; 5. The Rhetorical Debate
6. Case Study: Parliamentary Debate 1. THE ECONOMY MEASURES TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT; 2. BANKS AND BANKING; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; CHAPTER 3: THE LOGIC OF PROPOSITIONS; 1. Deductive Validity; 2. Formal Logic; 3. Classical Propositional Calculus; 4. Applying Deductive Logic to Arguments; 5. Invalidity and Fallaciousness; 6. Relevance and Validit; 7. Subject-Matter Relatedness; 8. Relatedness Logic; 9. Semantics and Pragmatics; 10. What is a Fallacy?; NOTES; CHAPTER 4: LOGICAL DIALOGUE-GAMES; 1. Different Approaches to Formal Dialogues; 2. The Ad Ignorantiam Fallacy; 3. Fallacies of Question-Asking 4. The Fallacy of Many Questions 5. Demanding Direct Answers to Questions; 6. Misconception of Refutation; 7. Case Studies of Political Debates; 8. A Game with Dark-Side Commitments; NOTES; CHAPTER 5: ENTHYMEMES; 1. The Tradition of Enthymemes; 2. The Objectives of Dialogue; 3. Veiled Commitment-Sets; 4. Strategy and Plausibility; 5. The Problem Resolved; 6. Order of the Premisses; 7. Multiple Premisses in Complex Arguments; NOTE; CHAPTER 6: LONGER SEQUENCES OF ARGUMENTATION; 1. Sequences of Argumentation; 2. Graphs of Arguments; 3. Case Study: Argument on Sex Education 4. Case Study: Circular Argumentation 5. Plausibility Conditions on Arguments; 6. The Missing Links; 7. Conclusions on Circular Arguments; NOTES; CHAPTER 7: FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM AUTHORITY; 1. How Appeals to Authority Can Go Wrong; 2. Plausible Argument; 3. Where Experts Disagree; 4. Expertise and Legal Dialogue; 5. Dialogue and Expertise; 6. Conclusions; NOTE; CHAPTER 8: VARIOUS FALLACIES; 1. Inductive Fallacies; 2. Deductive and Inductive Arguments; 3. Post Hoc Arguments; 4. Slippery Slope; 5. Equivocation; 6. Amphiboly; 7. Composition and Division CHAPTER 9: ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PERSON 1. Poisoning the Well; 2. The Sportsman's Rejoinder; 3. Evaluating Ad Hominem Disputations; 4. Four Types of Circumstantial Ad Hominem; 5. Rhetorical Context of Ad Hominem Attacks; 6. Positional Defensibility; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; CHAPTER 10: EQUIVOCATION; 1. What is Equivocation?; 2. Vagueness and Criticisms of Equivocality; 3. The Problem of Subtle Equivocations; 4. Deep Deception and Equivocal Dialogue; 5. Many-Valued Logic for Equivocators; 6. Priest's System LP; 7. Applying LP to the Fallacy of Equivocation; 8. R-Mingle as a Logic for Equivocators; 9. RM and Equivocation |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1987 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Informal fallacies : towards a theory of argument criticisms / / Douglas N. Walton
| Informal fallacies : towards a theory of argument criticisms / / Douglas N. Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 336 pages) |
| Disciplina | 165 |
| Collana | Pragmatics & beyond companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Fallacies (Logic)
Logic |
| ISBN |
1-283-35890-5
9786613358905 90-272-7890-3 |
| Classificazione | CC 2600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
INFORMAL FALLACIES Towards a Theory of Argument Criticisms; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1: A NEW MODEL OF ARGUMENT; 1. Introduction to the Fallacies; 2. Some More Fallacies; 3. Fallacies Combined in Realistic Dialogues; 4. What is an Argument?; 5. Criticism as Challenge and Response; 6. Basic Categories of Argument Study; NOTES; CHAPTER TWO: HOT RHETORIC AND ARGUMENT; 1. Appeals to Popular Sentiment; 2. Appeals to Force; 3. Appeals to Pity; 4. Overly Personal Argumentation; 5. The Rhetorical Debate
6. Case Study: Parliamentary Debate 1. THE ECONOMY MEASURES TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT; 2. BANKS AND BANKING; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; CHAPTER 3: THE LOGIC OF PROPOSITIONS; 1. Deductive Validity; 2. Formal Logic; 3. Classical Propositional Calculus; 4. Applying Deductive Logic to Arguments; 5. Invalidity and Fallaciousness; 6. Relevance and Validit; 7. Subject-Matter Relatedness; 8. Relatedness Logic; 9. Semantics and Pragmatics; 10. What is a Fallacy?; NOTES; CHAPTER 4: LOGICAL DIALOGUE-GAMES; 1. Different Approaches to Formal Dialogues; 2. The Ad Ignorantiam Fallacy; 3. Fallacies of Question-Asking 4. The Fallacy of Many Questions 5. Demanding Direct Answers to Questions; 6. Misconception of Refutation; 7. Case Studies of Political Debates; 8. A Game with Dark-Side Commitments; NOTES; CHAPTER 5: ENTHYMEMES; 1. The Tradition of Enthymemes; 2. The Objectives of Dialogue; 3. Veiled Commitment-Sets; 4. Strategy and Plausibility; 5. The Problem Resolved; 6. Order of the Premisses; 7. Multiple Premisses in Complex Arguments; NOTE; CHAPTER 6: LONGER SEQUENCES OF ARGUMENTATION; 1. Sequences of Argumentation; 2. Graphs of Arguments; 3. Case Study: Argument on Sex Education 4. Case Study: Circular Argumentation 5. Plausibility Conditions on Arguments; 6. The Missing Links; 7. Conclusions on Circular Arguments; NOTES; CHAPTER 7: FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM AUTHORITY; 1. How Appeals to Authority Can Go Wrong; 2. Plausible Argument; 3. Where Experts Disagree; 4. Expertise and Legal Dialogue; 5. Dialogue and Expertise; 6. Conclusions; NOTE; CHAPTER 8: VARIOUS FALLACIES; 1. Inductive Fallacies; 2. Deductive and Inductive Arguments; 3. Post Hoc Arguments; 4. Slippery Slope; 5. Equivocation; 6. Amphiboly; 7. Composition and Division CHAPTER 9: ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PERSON 1. Poisoning the Well; 2. The Sportsman's Rejoinder; 3. Evaluating Ad Hominem Disputations; 4. Four Types of Circumstantial Ad Hominem; 5. Rhetorical Context of Ad Hominem Attacks; 6. Positional Defensibility; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; CHAPTER 10: EQUIVOCATION; 1. What is Equivocation?; 2. Vagueness and Criticisms of Equivocality; 3. The Problem of Subtle Equivocations; 4. Deep Deception and Equivocal Dialogue; 5. Many-Valued Logic for Equivocators; 6. Priest's System LP; 7. Applying LP to the Fallacy of Equivocation; 8. R-Mingle as a Logic for Equivocators; 9. RM and Equivocation |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Relevance in argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton
| Relevance in argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 168 |
| Soggetto topico |
Logic
Relevance (Philosophy) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4106-0944-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Examples of Irrelevant Arguments; 2 Historical Background; 3 Textbook Treatments of Irrelevance; 4 The Problem of Analyzing Relevance; 5 The Dialectical Nature of Relevance; 6 Evidence and Methods for Making Relevance Judgments; 7 Fallacies of Irrelevance; 8 Relevance in Legal Argumentation and Political Debate; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455880603321 |
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Walton Douglas N
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| Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Relevance in argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton
| Relevance in argumentation [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas Walton |
| Autore | Walton Douglas N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 168 |
| Soggetto topico |
Logic
Relevance (Philosophy) |
| ISBN | 1-4106-0944-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Examples of Irrelevant Arguments; 2 Historical Background; 3 Textbook Treatments of Irrelevance; 4 The Problem of Analyzing Relevance; 5 The Dialectical Nature of Relevance; 6 Evidence and Methods for Making Relevance Judgments; 7 Fallacies of Irrelevance; 8 Relevance in Legal Argumentation and Political Debate; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index |
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| Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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