Volume 18, Issue 2, June 1995
Laurence Goldstein
Pages 139-146
Fallacious Reasoning
The author recommends an involved study of logical fallacies in order to provide a database of testable hypotheses for error reasoning. The purpose of the study is to make the study of logical fallacies accessible to a wider audience. Following a recent study conducted by Ludwig Schlecht, the author presents a diagnostic method to illustrate how an argument can be fallacious from the breach of particular rational principles. The diagnosis method also serves as investigation into other forms of argumentative fallacies and the author suggests it could later be the basis for training programs for undergraduate students in logic courses.