Informal Fallacies: Towards a Theory of Argument Criticisms. Walton, D. N John Benjamins Publishing, 1987.
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The basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, standards, or procedures should be adopted or appealed to in evaluating an argument as “good,” “not-so-good,” “open to criticism,” “fallacious,” and so forth. Hence our primary concern will be with the problems of how to criticize an argument, and when a criticism is reasonably justified.
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	title = {Informal {Fallacies}: {Towards} a {Theory} of {Argument} {Criticisms}},
	isbn = {978-90-272-5005-6},
	url = {http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Informal_Fallacies.html?hl=&id=BGwTc1DhylQC},
	abstract = {The basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, standards, or procedures should be adopted or appealed to in evaluating an argument as “good,” “not-so-good,” “open to criticism,” “fallacious,” and so forth. Hence our primary concern will be with the problems of how to criticize an argument, and when a criticism is reasonably justified.},
	publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing},
	author = {Walton, Douglas N},
	year = {1987},
	keywords = {Mental Health/Bias: Fallacies of Reason, Psychiatrist}
}

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