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Fallacies Arising from Ambiguity

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Douglas Walton

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg, Canada

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Part of the book series: Applied Logic Series (APLS, volume 1)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Ambiguity and Fallacies

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 1-35

  3. Equivocation

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 37-76

  4. Amphiboly

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 77-120

  5. Accent

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 121-153

  6. Figure of Speech

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 155-183

  7. Innuendo

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 185-220

  8. Bias

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 221-254

  9. A Pragmatic Synthesis

    • Douglas Walton
    Pages 255-280

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 281-293
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About this book

We are happy to present to the reader the first book of our Applied Logic Series. Walton's book on the fallacies of ambiguity is firmly at the heart of practical reasoning, an important part of applied logic. There is an increasing interest in artifIcial intelligence, philosophy, psychol­ ogy, software engineering and linguistics, in the analysis and possible mechanisation of human practical reasoning. Continuing the ancient quest that began with Aristotle, computer scientists, logicians, philosophers and linguists are vigorously seeking to deepen our understanding of human reasoning and argumentation. Significant communities of researchers are actively engaged in developing new approaches to logic and argumentation, which are better suited to the urgent needs of today's applications. The author of this book has, over many years, made significant contributions to the detailed analysis of practical reasoning case studies, thus providing solid foundations for new and more applicable formal logical systems. We welcome Doug Walton's new book to our series.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg, Canada

    Douglas Walton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fallacies Arising from Ambiguity

  • Authors: Douglas Walton

  • Series Title: Applied Logic Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8632-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4100-0Published: 31 August 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4717-5Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8632-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1386-2790

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 293

  • Topics: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Social Sciences, general

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