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Silence as an argument and a manifestation of respect in the argumentation in John Locke's works

open access: yesSententiae, 2019
In the article, referring to the method of rational reconstruction described by R. Rorty, an analysis of some works of J. Locke has been made in order to identify new prospects in John Locke's philosophy researches.
Olena Shcherbyna, Nataliia Shcherbyna
doaj   +1 more source

Towards an experimental account of argumentation: the case of the slippery slope and the ad hominem arguments

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
Argumentation is a crucial component of our lives. Although in the absence of rational debate our legal, political, and scientific systems would not be possible, there is still no integrated area of research on the psychology of argumentation ...
Marco eLillo-Unglaube   +3 more
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Three Potential Problems for Powers' One-Fallacy Theory

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2003
Lawrence Powers advocates a one-fallacy theory in which the only real fallacies are fallacies of ambiguity. He defines a fallacy, in general, as a bad argument that appears good.
Matthew Zuckero
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Fallacies in ad hominem arguments

open access: yes, 2011
Arguments ad hominem are common in political debates, legal argumentation and everyday conversations. In this article, we propose a general definition of ad hominem arguments. An argument ad hominem is an argument that makes a claim about the reliability
David Reidhav   +5 more
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La carica dei 600: la campagna mediatica sul declino della lingua italiana

open access: yesCircula, 2018
Nel febbraio 2017 è stata pubblicata una lettera aperta, firmata da circa 600 accademici, che denunciava il declino delle competenze scolastiche degli studenti italiani.
University of Bologna   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcender les différends : une réaction possible aux situations de désaccord profond

open access: yesArgumentation et Analyse du Discours, 2012
Deep disagreement is a situation in which a conflict is so fundamental that there appears to be no underlying shared agreement by the arguers at any level. It is generally held that in such a case productive argument is not possible.
David Zarefsky
doaj   +1 more source

Ad Hominem Arguments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Conference Papers and Commentary.Ad hominem arguments (in one sense) argue that some opponent should not be heard and no argument of that opponent should be heard or considered. The opponent has generally pernicious views, false and harmful.
Powers, Lawrence H
core   +1 more source

Enduring After God: An Anatheistic Reframing of Augustine on Suicide

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper proposes a retrieval of Augustine's argument on suicide in De Civitate Dei I.17–27, rearticulating its ethical core for a post‐theistic age through the hermeneutic lens of Richard Kearney's anatheism. Confronting the dual reality of persistent suicide and declining religiosity, I argue that Augustine's pastoral case against ending ...
Kornelius Lumbanbatu
wiley   +1 more source

Moral deliberation and ad hominem fallacies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many of us read Peter Singer’s work on our obligations to those in desperate need with our students. Famously, Singer argues that we have a moral obligation to give a significant portion of our assets to famine relief.
Leibowitz, Uri D.
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Dreams, Scepticism and Idealism

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On one narrative, Berkeleyan idealism arises from Cartesian theorising: Descartes's discussion of dreaming in the Meditations leads first to scepticism, and through scepticism, to Berkeley's rejection of realism. In this paper, I consider how this move from dreams to idealism is supposed to work.
Melissa Frankel
wiley   +1 more source

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