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This study extends the classic constructive dialogue/debate between self-concept and self-efficacy researchers (Marsh, Roche, Pajares, & Miller, 1997) regarding the distinctions between these 2 constructs.
Herbert W. Marsh +6 more
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Chinese Studies on Informal Logic and Critical Thinking
This article traces the developmental trajectory of informal logic and critical thinking in mainland China. It surveys the current developmental situation relating to their curricula, the establishment of teaching material, translations of leading works
Hongzhi Wu
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A Critical Discussion Game for Prohibiting Fallacies [PDF]
The study of fallacies is at the heart of argumentation studies. In response to Hamblin’s devastating critique of the state of the theory of fallacies in 1970, both formal dialectical and informal approaches to fallacies developed.
Budzynska, Katarzyna +2 more
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Classification of Fallacies of Relevance
Fallacies of relevance, a major category of informal fallacies, include two that could be called pure fallacies of relevance-the wrong conclusion (ignoratio elenchi, wrong conclusion, missing the point) fallacy and the red herring digression, diversion ...
Douglas Walton
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The aim of this paper is to extend the critique which informal logic employs against fallacious reasoning to a critique of ideological argumentation.
Pieter van Veuren
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Between fallacy and feasibility? Dealing with the risk of ecological fallacies in the quantitative study of protest mobilization and conflict [PDF]
In recent years, the quantitative study of conflict has increasingly focused on small-scale and/or localized conflicts in the developing world. In this paper, we analyze and critically reflect upon a major methodological shortcoming of many studies in ...
Demarest, Leila +2 more
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Emerging infectious diseases: coping with uncertainty [PDF]
The world’s scientific community must be in a state of constant readiness to address the threat posed by newly emerging infectious diseases. Whether the disease in question is SARS in humans or BSE in animals, scientists must be able to put into action ...
Cummings, L
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The Linguistic Formulation of Fallacies Matters: The Case of Causal Connectives
While the role of discourse connectives has long been acknowledged in argumentative frameworks, these approaches often take a coarse-grained approach to connectives, treating them as a unified group having similar effects on argumentation.
Jennifer Schumann +2 more
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A quantum theoretical explanation for probability judgment errors [PDF]
A quantum probability model is introduced and used to explain human probability judgment errors including the conjunction, disjunction, inverse, and conditional fallacies, as well as unpacking effects and partitioning effects.
Busemeyer, J. R. +4 more
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Before Name-Calling: Dynamics and Triggers of Ad Hominem Fallacies in Web Argumentation [PDF]
Arguing without committing a fallacy is one of the main requirements of an ideal debate. But even when debating rules are strictly enforced and fallacious arguments punished, arguers often lapse into attacking the opponent by an ad hominem argument.
Ivan Habernal +3 more
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