This book examines the nature, sources, and implications of fallacies in philosophical reasoning. In doing so, it illustrates and evaluates various historical instances of this phenomenon. There is widespread interest in the practice and products of philosophizing, yet the important issue of fallacious reasoning in these matters has been effectively untouched. Nicholas Rescher fills this gap by presenting a systematic account of the principal ways in which philosophizing can go astray.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Error, Mistake, and Fallacy in Philosophizing.- Chapter 2: Classifying Philosophical Fallacies.- Chapter 3: Illustrating Philosophical Fallacies.- Chapter 4: The Fallacy of Respect Neglect.- Chapter 5: Fallacies Regarding Free Will.- Chapter 6: Totalization Fallacies.- Chapter 7: The Significance of Philosophical Fallacies.
About the author
Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. In a productive research career extending over six decades, he has well over one hundred books to his credit, includingEthics Matters (2021),
Philosophical Clarifications (2019) and
Value Reasoning (2017).
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