A Dialectical Analysis of the Ad Baculum Fallacy

Autor: Douglas Walton
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Informal Logic, Vol 34, Iss 3, Pp 276-310 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0824-2577
DOI: 10.22329/il.v34i3.4109
Popis: This paper applies dialectical argumentation structures to the problem of analyzing the ad baculum fallacy. It is shown how it is necessary in order to evaluate a suspected instance of the this fallacy to proceed through three levels of analysis: (1) an inferential level, represented by an argument diagram, (2) a speech act level, where conditions for specific types of speech acts are defined and applied, and (3) a dialectical level where the first two levels are linked together and fitted into formal dialogue structures. The paper adds a new type of dialogue called advising dialogue that needs to be applied at the third level.
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