
Topical Relevance in Argumentation
Douglas N. Walton(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 1. January 1982
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81 pages
978-90-272-2524-5 (ISBN)
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It is a longstanding if not altogether coherent tradition of logic and rhetorical studies that an argument can be incorrect or fallacious in virtue of some proposition in it being "irrelevant". This monograph clarifies that tradition. Non-classical propositional calculi, including relevance logics and relatedness logics, are juxtaposed against conversational criticisms of irrelevance in natural argumentation, e.g. in parliamentary debates. The object is to see if there is a reasonable way of evaluating criticisms like "That's beside the point!" or "That's irrelevant!".
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English
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
150 gr
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978-90-272-2524-5 (9789027225245)
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1. 1. Conversational Allegations of Irrelevance; 2. 1.0 Objective of Study; 3. 1.1 Dual Nature of Pragmatic Analysis; 4. 1.2 Disputation Theory; 5. 1.3 Standard Preconceptions of Irrelevance; 6. 1.4 Fallacies of Emotional Distraction; 7. 1.5 Ad Misericordiam Arguments; 8. 1.6 A Contrastive Case Study; 9. 1.7 The Ad Hominem Fallacy; 10. 1.8 Relevant Answers to Questions; 11. 1.9 A Second Case Study of Question-Relevance; 12. 1.10 Function of Questioning in Parliamentary Debate; 13. 2. Propositional Inferences in Disputation; 14. 2.0 Relevance in Games of Dialogue; 15. 2.1 Refutation and Propositional Structure; 16. 2.2 Classical Propositional Logic: Basic Elements; 17. 2.3 Valid Arguments in Classical Logic; 18. 2.4 Astounding Inferences in Classical Logic; 19. 2.5 Relatedness Propositional Logic: Basic Elements; 20. 2.6 Valid Arguments in Relatedness Logic; 21. 2.7 The Astounding Inferences Revisited; 22. 2.8 The Propositional Core of Disputation; 23. 3. Paradoxes, Sophisms and Relatedness; 24. 3.0 The Meaning of Relatedness; 25. 3.1 Act-Sequences and Relatedness; 26. 3.2 Subject-Matter Contents of Propositions; 27. 3.3 Paradoxes and Astounding Inferences; 28. 3.4 Missing Factors; 29. 3.5 Needed Premisses in Inferences; 30. 3.6 Irrelevant Premisses; 31. 3.7 Pluralism of Concepts of Relevance; 32. 3.8 Information Inclusion; 33. 4. Criticisms of Irrelevance in Games of Dialogue; 34. 4.0 Six Types of Criticisms of Irrelevance; 35. 4.1 Varieties of Games; 36. 4.2 Strong and Weak Refutation; 37. 4.3 Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Games; 38. 4.4 Misconception of Refutation; 39. 4.5 Pertinence; 40. 4.6 Question-Answer Relevance; 41. 4.7 Types of Questions and Answers; 42. 4.8 Rules for Responding; 43. 4.9 Types of Relevance Compared; 44. 4.10 Conditionals in Disputation; 45. Notes; 46. References; 47. Index