Appeal to Pity - Argumentum Ad Misericordiam

About the author

Douglas Walton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He is the author of numerous books, including Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation and Commitment in Dialogue: Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning, both published by SUNY Press, as well as Arguments from Ignorance; Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning; A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy; The Pace of Emotion in Argument; Slippery Slope Arguments; Begging the Question: Circular Reasoning as a Tactic of Argumentation; Practical Reasoning: Goal-Driven, Knowledge-Based, Action-Guiding Argumentation; and Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Walton
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.1997
• EAN: 9780791434611
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3461-1
• No. of pages: 225
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Series: Suny Series, Logic & Language; Suny Series, Logic & Language
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works