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Article: Fallacies and Argument Appraisal.(Critical essay)
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- Argumentation and Advocacy
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- September 22, 2006
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Fallacies and Argument Appraisal. By Christopher W. Tindale. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2007; pp. xvii + 218. $75.00 cloth; $24.99 paper.
Tindale's aptly named Fallacies and Argument Appraisal is an introductory text designed to expose students to a wide array of fallacies while consistently focusing on the argumentative implications of erroneous reasoning. This interrelationship is the key to the work, which deplores the all-too-common practice of teaching fallacies by providing a list of egregious reasons paired with obvious examples, as if simple identification of fallacious statements constitutes a successful education. Instead, the text ...