Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0271014172 ISBN 13: 9780271014173

Publisher: Penn State University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Since 1970, when Charles Hamblin issued a challenge for philosophers, logicians, and educators in general to begin work anew in fallacies, a serious literature on fallacies has indeed developed. Part of this literature deals with the theory of what fallacies are; another part of it contains rigorous analyses of particular fallacies. However, most is still not readily accessible to the researcher, teacher, or student of the field. As a result, the best work on fallacies is not finding its way into the classroom, nor is it informing the educational and intellectual experiences available to most college and university students.

A major purpose of this book is to make the post-Hamblin work on fallacies available to a wider audience in a single, convenient volume. The editors have brought together for the first time the most important historical writings on fallacy theory, from Aristotle to John Stuart Mill, and the most recent and most important theoretical and pedagogical developments in the field since Hamblin's landmark 1970 book. All but a few of the essays included are new contributions for this anthology, and an extensive annotated bibliography is included for researchers and students of fallacies and fallacy theory.

About this title

About the Authors

Hans V. Hansen is Consulting Editor of the journal Informal Logic.

Robert C. Pinto is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Windsor. He is the author (with J. A. Blair) of Reasoning: A Practical Guide (P1993).

Edition details

• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0271014172
• ISBN 13: 9780271014173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Hansen Hans V., Pinto Robert C.