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Begging the Question: Circular Reasoning as a Tactic of Argumentation
Douglas N. Walton
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This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation. The fallacy of begging the question is analyzed as a systematic tactic to evade fulfillment of a legitimate burden of proof by the proponent of an argument. The technique uses a circular structure of argument to block the further progress of dialogue and, in particular, the capability of the respondent to ask legitimate critical questions in reply to the argument. Walton analyzes the concept of burden of proof in argument, and provides ... Read more
This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation. The fallacy of begging the question is analyzed as a systematic tactic to evade fulfillment of a legitimate burden of proof by the proponent of an argument. The technique uses a circular structure of argument to block the further progress of dialogue and, in particular, the capability of the respondent to ask legitimate critical questions in reply to the argument. Walton analyzes the concept of burden of proof in argument, and provides ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313275968
SKU
V9780313275968
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About Douglas N. Walton
DOUGLAS N. WALTON is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg and Fellow-in-Residence of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study. He is the author of numerous works on informal logic and argumentation, including Informal Fallacies formal Logic actical Reasoning and Question-Reply Argumentation (Greenwood Press, 1989).
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