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Presenting the first book-length study in English of Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations, this work takes a fresh look at this seminal text on false reasoning. Through a careful and critical analysis of Aristotle's examples of sophistical reasoning, Scott G. Schreiber explores Aristotle's rationale for his taxonomy of twelve fallacy types. Contrary to certain modern attempts to reduce all fallacious reasoning to either errors of logical form or linguistic imprecision, Aristotle insists that, as important as form and language are, certain types of false reasoning derive their persuasiveness from mistaken beliefs about the nature of language and the nature of the world.
Editions of Aristotle on False Reasoning
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791456590
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791456606
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791487181
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Presenting the first book-length study in English of Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations, this work takes a fresh look at this seminal text on false reasoning. Through a careful and critical analysis of Aristotle's examples of sophistical reasoning, Scott G. Schreiber explores Aristotle's rationale for his taxonomy of twelve fallacy types. Contrary to certain modern attempts to reduce all fallacious reasoning to either errors of logical form or linguistic imprecision, Aristotle insists that, as important as form and language are, certain types of false reasoning derive their persuasiveness from mistaken beliefs about the nature of language and the nature of the world.
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Presenting the first book-length study in English of Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations, this work takes a fresh look at this seminal text on false reasoning. Through a careful and critical analysis of Aristotle's examples of sophistical reasoning, Scott G. Schreiber explores Aristotle's rationale for his taxonomy of twelve fallacy types. Contrary to certain modern attempts to reduce all fallacious reasoning to either errors of logical form or linguistic imprecision, Aristotle insists that, as important as form and language are, certain types of false reasoning derive their persuasiveness from mistaken beliefs about the nature of language and the nature of the world.
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Philosophy and Religion > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy: logic
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How long is Aristotle on False Reasoning and how many pages does it have?
Aristotle on False Reasoning has 264 page(s)
Is Aristotle on False Reasoning part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Aristotle on False Reasoning?
Scott G. Schreiber
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Aristotle on False Reasoning is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791456590) and paperback(ISBN 9780791456606) and pdf(ISBN 9780791487181)
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