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In Defense of Informal Logic

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  1. Don S. Levi

    1. University of Oregon, Eugene, USA

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Part of the book series: Argumentation Library (ARGA, volume 2)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. In Defense of Informal Logic

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 1-15

  3. Begging What is at Issue in the Argument

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 16-28

  4. The Fallacy in the Treatment of the Ad Baculum as a Fallacy

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 29-41

  5. In Defense of Rhetoric

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 42-58

  6. Towards a More Dynamic Conception of Argument

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 59-76

  7. The Case of the Missing Premise

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 77-95

  8. The Limits of Critical Thinking

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 96-110

  9. Why do Illiterates do so Badly in Logic?

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 111-124

  10. Teaching Logic: How to Overcome the Limitations of the Classroom

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 125-138

  11. The Application of Logic to Fields Other Than Itself

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 139-153

  12. The Gettier Problem and the Parable of the Ten Coins

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 154-168

  13. The Unbearable Vagueness of Being

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 169-184

  14. Zhuangzi: Philosophical Disputation as Transformative

    • Don S. Levi
    Pages 185-208

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 209-224
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About this book

My impulse when I decided to collect into a single volume the essays on topics in logical theory and related subjects that I have written in the last fifteen years was to borrow from the title of a work by Sextus Empiricus, and call my collection "Against the Logicians." Although the essays address a variety of problems that interest me, the thread that runs through them is a scepticism about how logicians see things. So, the title appealed to me. However, I had second thoughts and chose instead a title of one of my own essays, "In Defense of Informal Logic", which emphasizes my support for other approaches. Although my criticisms of logical theory are designed to cut deeply, I do not want to be unresponsive to the needs that it is supposed to satisfy. However, my position that we have adequate resources for critically analyzing a particular argument and 00 not need a theory of argumentation, will not completely satisfy those who think that there is a need for it. So, I want them to know that I am taking their concerns seriously.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Oregon, Eugene, USA

    Don S. Levi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: In Defense of Informal Logic

  • Authors: Don S. Levi

  • Series Title: Argumentation Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1850-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6148-0Published: 31 December 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5388-6Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1850-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1566-7650

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1907

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 224

  • Topics: Logic, Social Sciences, general

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