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Cummings, L., 2000. Petitio principii: the case for non-fallaciousness. Informal Logic, 20 (1), pp. 1-18. ISSN 0824-2577
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This paper presents a case for the non-fallaciousness of petitio principii in the context where the only evidence which can confirm the conclusion of an argument has a content which is identical to the content of the conclusion. The more usual rhetorical and dialectical frameworks for the analysis off allacies are challenged for what I describe as their proscriptive stance. As an alternative to proscription, I recommend an analysis of the context in which petitio arguments occur. Such an analysis, I argue, suggests the relaxation of a priority condition described by Waiton (1985) and the relevance to the present case of Sorensen's (1991) analysis ofthe non-circularity of certain 'P, therefore, P' arguments.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Publication Title: | Informal Logic |
| Creators: | Cummings, L. |
| Publisher: | University of Windsor |
| Place of Publication: | Windsor, Canada |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Number: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0824-2577 |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Arts and Humanities |
| Record created by: | EPrints Services |
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:05 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2015 12:36 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7499 |
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