Begging the Question by Douglas N Walton

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This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation. Walton analyzes the concept of burden of proof in argument, and provides chapters on the use of argument diagramming as a technique of argument reconstruction.

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Begging the Question by Douglas N Walton

This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation. Walton analyzes the concept of burden of proof in argument, and provides chapters on the use of argument diagramming as a technique of argument reconstruction.
DOUGLAS N. WALTON is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg and Fellow-in-Residence of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study. He is the author of numerous works on informal logic and argumentation, including Informal Fallacies formal Logic actical Reasoning and Question-Reply Argumentation (Greenwood Press, 1989).
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ISBN 13 9780313275968
ISBN 10 0313275963
Title Begging the Question
Author Douglas N Walton
Series Contributions In Philosophy
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published 1991-07-18
Number of pages 360
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