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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.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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In Defense of Informal Logic
Pages 1-15
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Begging What is at Issue in the Argument
Pages 16-28
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The Fallacy in the Treatment of the Ad Baculum as a Fallacy
Pages 29-41
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In Defense of Rhetoric
Pages 42-58
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Towards a More Dynamic Conception of Argument
Pages 59-76
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- In Defense of Informal Logic
- Authors
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- D.S. Levi
- Series Title
- Argumentation Library
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-017-1850-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-017-1850-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-6148-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-5388-6
- Series ISSN
- 1566-7650
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 224
- Topics
