A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy
This paper applies dialectical argumentation structures to the problem of analyzing the ad baculum fallacy. It is shown how it is necessary in order to evaluate a suspected instance of the this fallacy to proceed through three levels of analysis: (1) an inferential level, represented by an argument...
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| description | This paper applies dialectical argumentation structures to the problem of analyzing the ad baculum fallacy. It is shown how it is necessary in order to evaluate a suspected instance of the this fallacy to proceed through three levels of analysis: (1) an inferential level, represented by an argument diagram, (2) a speech act level, where conditions for specific types of speech acts are defined and applied, and (3) a dialectical level where the first two levels are linked together and fitted into formal dialogue structures. The paper adds a new type of dialogue called advising dialogue that needs to be applied at the third level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-591e02ce48ea487dbf0ba1bb43726ab72022-12-21T18:44:05ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X2014-09-01343A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum FallacyDouglas Walton0University of WindsorThis paper applies dialectical argumentation structures to the problem of analyzing the ad baculum fallacy. It is shown how it is necessary in order to evaluate a suspected instance of the this fallacy to proceed through three levels of analysis: (1) an inferential level, represented by an argument diagram, (2) a speech act level, where conditions for specific types of speech acts are defined and applied, and (3) a dialectical level where the first two levels are linked together and fitted into formal dialogue structures. The paper adds a new type of dialogue called advising dialogue that needs to be applied at the third level.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4109argument from threatargument from consequencesadvice-giving dialoguedialectical tierpretending to adviseinformal fallacies |
| spellingShingle | Douglas Walton A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy Informal Logic argument from threat argument from consequences advice-giving dialogue dialectical tier pretending to advise informal fallacies |
| title | A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy |
| title_full | A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy |
| title_short | A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy |
| title_sort | dialectical analysis of the ad baculum fallacy |
| topic | argument from threat argument from consequences advice-giving dialogue dialectical tier pretending to advise informal fallacies |
| url | https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4109 |
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