The Dialectic of Second-Order Distinctions: The Structure of Arguments about Fallacies
Arguments about fallacies generally attempt to distinguish real from apparent modes of argumentation and reasoning. To examine the structure of these arguments, this paper develops a theory of dialectical distinction. First, it explores the connection between Nicholas Rescher's concept of disti...
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| description | Arguments about fallacies generally attempt to distinguish real from apparent modes of argumentation and reasoning. To examine the structure of these arguments, this paper develops a
theory of dialectical distinction. First, it explores the connection between Nicholas Rescher's concept of distinction as a "dialectical countermove" and Chaim Perelman and L. Olbrecht-Tyteca's "dissociation of ideas." Next, it applies a theory of
distinction to Aristotle's extended arguments about fallacies in De Sophisticis Elenchis, primarily with a view to analyzing its underlying strategies of argumentation. Finally, it examines how second-order distinctions (those designed to challenge previously formulated distinctions) underpin current arguments against the Aristotelian or "Standard Treatment" of the fallacies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efca150c347f4e5c877840105e83375a2022-12-22T03:40:51ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X1992-01-0114110.22329/il.v14i1.2522The Dialectic of Second-Order Distinctions: The Structure of Arguments about FallaciesDavid GoodwinArguments about fallacies generally attempt to distinguish real from apparent modes of argumentation and reasoning. To examine the structure of these arguments, this paper develops a theory of dialectical distinction. First, it explores the connection between Nicholas Rescher's concept of distinction as a "dialectical countermove" and Chaim Perelman and L. Olbrecht-Tyteca's "dissociation of ideas." Next, it applies a theory of distinction to Aristotle's extended arguments about fallacies in De Sophisticis Elenchis, primarily with a view to analyzing its underlying strategies of argumentation. Finally, it examines how second-order distinctions (those designed to challenge previously formulated distinctions) underpin current arguments against the Aristotelian or "Standard Treatment" of the fallacies.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2522informal logicargumentation history and theoryrhetorical theorydialectic |
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| title | The Dialectic of Second-Order Distinctions: The Structure of Arguments about Fallacies |
| title_full | The Dialectic of Second-Order Distinctions: The Structure of Arguments about Fallacies |
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| title_short | The Dialectic of Second-Order Distinctions: The Structure of Arguments about Fallacies |
| title_sort | dialectic of second order distinctions the structure of arguments about fallacies |
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