Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory

This book analyses the straw man fallacy and its deployment in philosophical reasoning. While commonly invoked in...
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Author: Scott Aikin
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Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory by Aikin, Scott

Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory

€272,96

Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory

€272,96
Author: Scott Aikin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This book analyses the straw man fallacy and its deployment in philosophical reasoning. While commonly invoked in both academic dialogue and public discourse, it has not until now received the attention it deserves as a rhetorical device.

Scott Aikin and John Casey propose that straw manning essentially consists in expressing distorted representations of one's critical interlocutor. To this end, the straw man comprises three dialectical forms, and not only the one that is usually suggested: the straw man, the weak man and the hollow man. Moreover, they demonstrate that straw manning is unique among fallacies as it has no particular logical form in itself, because it is an instance of inappropriate meta-argument, or argument about arguments. They discuss the importance of the onlooking audience to the successful deployment of the straw man, reasoning that the existence of an audience complicates the dialectical boundaries of argument.

Providing a lively, provocative and thorough analysis of the straw man fallacy, this book will appeal to postgraduates and researchers alike, working in a range of fields including fallacies, rhetoric, argumentation theory and informal logic.

Author: Scott Aikin, John Casey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 02/10/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781350065000

About the Author

Scott Aikin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, USA.

John Casey is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.

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