Denying the Antecedent: Its Effective Use in Argumentation
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 for undermining a position. Since it is not a v...
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| description | 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 for undermining a position. Since it is not a valid form of argument, it cannot prove that the position is false. But it can provide inductive evidence that this position is probably false. In this role, it is neither defective nor deceptive. Denying the antecedent provides inductive support for rejecting a claim as improbable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cbe140c1b9846a2a860042d4c8103d32022-12-21T17:51:03ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25770824-25772012-09-0132332735610.22329/il.v32i3.36813106Denying the Antecedent: Its Effective Use in ArgumentationMark A. Stone0Furman UniversityDenying 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 for undermining a position. Since it is not a valid form of argument, it cannot prove that the position is false. But it can provide inductive evidence that this position is probably false. In this role, it is neither defective nor deceptive. Denying the antecedent provides inductive support for rejecting a claim as improbable.https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3681Argument, argumentation, conditional, denying the antecedent, fallacy, undermine |
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| title | Denying the Antecedent: Its Effective Use in Argumentation |
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