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To: general_re
My humble contribution for the morning: a good listing of some common Fallacies.
6 posted on 12/19/2003 6:30:59 AM PST by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Good list. The Nizkor list draws some distinctions that are not present in the material that will be on offer here - not that it won't be covered, but rather that this material is somewhat more general than is Nizkor. Copi and Cohen dicuss ad hominem in a general sort of way, for example, whereas Nizkor will often treat the many variations on the ad hominem argument as separate fallacies, naming and describing each variant. Anyway, Nizkor is very useful for the number and variety of examples it gives, even if there is some slight disagreement about how best to organize and categorize the various informal fallacies.
9 posted on 12/19/2003 6:40:07 AM PST by general_re ("You shouldn't treat people like objects. They aren't that valuable." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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