Arguments from Ignorance

About the author

Douglas Walton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of many books, including The Place of Emotion in Argument (Penn State, 1992), Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation (1992), and Slippery Slope Arguments (1992).

Summary

An exploration of situations where the argument from ignorance (default reasoning) functions as respectable reasoning, and those where it is fallacious. It draws on everyday conversation to show how the "argumentum ad ignorantiam" can be used appropriately/inappropriately to infer conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Walton, Douglas (University of Winnipeg) Walton
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1995
• EAN: 9780271014753
• ISBN: 978-0-271-01475-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, COMPUTERS / Information Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Information theory, Philosophy: logic, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc