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Why Fallacies Appear to be Better Arguments Than They Are
Informal Logic, 2010 This paper offers a solution to the problem of understanding how a fallacious argument can be deceptive by “seeming to be valid”, or (better) appearing to be a better argument of its kind than it really is.
Douglas Walton
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REMARKS ON GENDER – EXPRESSING GENDER IN ENGLISH, AND SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT LEARNERS (AND TEACHERS) HAVE TO COPE WITH [PDF]
Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2011 The present paper focuses on a number of specific issues (most of which are in fact challenges, misconceptions and rough ideas) that are subject to what is generally called the feminist approach to linguistics.
Constantin Manea, Maria-Camelia Manea
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Phenomenology & Practice, 2017 Like with so many other everyday things that become extensions of ourselves, we experience the mirror—in that look and see moment—routinely and habitually.
Leslie Robinson
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Denying the Antecedent: Its Effective Use in Argumentation
Informal Logic, 2012 Denying the antecedent is an invalid form of reasoning that is typically identified and frowned upon as a formal fallacy. Contrary to arguments that it does not or at least should not occur, denying the antecedent is a legitimate and effective strategy ...
Mark A. Stone
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Pūrva Mīmāṃsā: Non-Natural, Moral Realism (Ethics-1, M14) [PDF]
, 2016 In this module I set out the Moral Non-Naturalism of Pūrva Mīmāṃsā as a version of Deontology that defines duty in terms of its beneficent properties. It elucidates the scheme of right living according to ordinance or command. Whereas natural accounts of
Shyam, Ranganathan
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The Curious Silence of the Dog and Paul of Tarsus; Revisiting The Argument from Silence
Informal Logic, 2012 In this essay I propose an interpretative and explanatory structure for the so-called argumentum ex silento, or argument from silence (henceforth referred to as the AFS). To this end, I explore two examples, namely, Sherlock Holmes’s oft-quoted notice of
Michael Gary Duncan
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Pragmatic Considerations in the Interpretation of Denying the Antecedent
Informal Logic, 2009 In this paper I am concerned with the analysis of fragments of a discourse or text that express arguments suspected of being denials of the antecedent. I first argue that one needs to distinguish between two senses of ‘the argument expressed’.
Andrei Moldovan
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Psychological Research and the Epistemological Approach to Argumentation
Informal Logic, 2008 Much psychological research on argumentation focuses on persuasion and pragmatics. However, one strand investigates how average people understand the nature of knowledge and knowing, and how these epistemological orientations underlie skilled ...
Michael P. Weinstock
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Denying Antecedents and Affirming Consequents: The State of the Art
Informal Logic, 2015 Recent work on conditional reasoning argues that denying the antecedent [DA] and affirming the consequent [AC] are defeasible but cogent patterns of argument, either because they are effective, rational, albeit heuristic applications of Bayesian ...
David Godden, Frank Zenker
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Notes and Queries, 1919 Printed in Great Britain. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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