In Defense of Informal Logic (eBook)

D.S. Levi (Autor)

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2013
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-94-017-1850-9 (ISBN)

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My impulse when I decided to collect into a single volume the essays on topics in logical theory and related subjects that I have written in the last fifteen years was to borrow from the title of a work by Sextus Empiricus, and call my collection "e;Against the Logicians."e; Although the essays address a variety of problems that interest me, the thread that runs through them is a scepticism about how logicians see things. So, the title appealed to me. However, I had second thoughts and chose instead a title of one of my own essays, "e;In Defense of Informal Logic"e;, which emphasizes my support for other approaches. Although my criticisms of logical theory are designed to cut deeply, I do not want to be unresponsive to the needs that it is supposed to satisfy. However, my position that we have adequate resources for critically analyzing a particular argument and 00 not need a theory of argumentation, will not completely satisfy those who think that there is a need for it. So, I want them to know that I am taking their concerns seriously.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
• ISBN-10: 94-017-1850-4 / 9401718504
• ISBN-13: 978-94-017-1850-9 / 9789401718509