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- Is the first to offer a general theory of specifically philosophical fallacies
- Uses real, historical examples by way of illustration that are analyzed by means of the theory
- Tackles uniquely arguments and positions held by professional philosophers and respected scientists
- Includes an exposition of a method that further develops Kant’s transcendental dialectics
Part of the book series: Argumentation Library (ARGA, volume 26)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Presented as a Vorlesung in the German philosophical tradition, this book presents the most detailed account of Nelson’s method of argument analysis, celebrated by many luminaries such as Karl Popper. It was written in 1921 in opposition to the relativistic, subjectivistic and nihilistic tendencies of Nelson’s time. The book contains an exposition of a method that is a further development of Kant’s transcendental dialectics, followed by an application to the critical analysis of arguments by many famous thinkers, including Bentham, Mill, Poincaré, Leibniz, Hegel, Einstein, Bergson, Rickert, Simmel, Brentano, Stammler, Jellinek, Dingler, and Meinong. The book presents a general theory of philosophical argumentation as seen from the viewpoint of the typical fallacies committed by anybody arguing philosophically, whether professional philosophers or philosophical laypeople. Although the nature of philosophy and philosophical argumentation is one of the most recurrent objects of reflection for philosophers, this book represents the first attempt at a general theory of philosophical fallacy. According to Nelson, it is in the shape of false dilemmas that errors in reasoning always emerge, and false dilemmas are always the result of the same mechanism--the unwitting replacement of one concept for another.
Keywords
- Analytic and synthetic judgments
- Aristotelian-Kantian vs Neoplatonic-Fichtean logic
- Circular definition
- Coherence and truth
- Dialectical illusion in philosophy
- Dogmatism vs Criticism
- False dichotomy
- False dilemma
- Geometric empiricism
- Geometric logicism
- Philosophy of the Schoolmen
- Synthetic a priori judgments
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Authors and Affiliations
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Göttingen, Germany
Leonard Nelson
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Theory of Philosophical Fallacies
Authors: Leonard Nelson
Series Title: Argumentation Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20783-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20782-7Published: 19 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37323-2Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20783-4Published: 07 August 2015
Series ISSN: 1566-7650
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1907
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 211
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Modern Philosophy, Applied Linguistics, Philosophy of the Social Sciences