Argumentative Hyperbole as Fallacy

IF 0.9 3区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Informal Logic Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI:10.22329/il.v42i2.6351

A. J. Kreider

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Abstract

In typical critical thinking texts, hyperbole is presented as being largely “argumentationally innocent” - it’s primary role being to express emotion of to bring desired emphases to a particular point. This discounts its prevalent use in argumentation, as it is also used as a device to persuade, and in particular, to persuade an interlocutor that they should take or support a course of action. When it is so used, the exaggerated claims would, if true, provide greater support for the conclusion. But since the claims are not fully accurate, this “greater support” is only illusory. Its use is thus deceptive and counts as fallacious reasoning.

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作为谬误的议论文夸张

在典型的批判性思维文本中，夸张在很大程度上被认为是“论证上的无辜”——它的主要作用是表达情感，将所需的重点带到特定的点上。这削弱了它在辩论中的普遍使用，因为它也被用作说服的手段，特别是说服对话者应该采取或支持行动。当它被如此使用时，夸大的说法如果属实，将为结论提供更大的支持。但由于这些说法并不完全准确，这种“更大的支持”只是虚幻的。因此，它的使用是欺骗性的，被视为谬误推理。

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Informal Logic PHILOSOPHY-

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1.50

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： Informal Logic publishes articles that advance the dialectic in reasoning and argumentation theory and practice. Primary criteria for the acceptance of articles with a theoretical focus or interest are: (1) the article advances the dialectic or constitutes an interesting comment on it: it presents a cogent argument, objection, interpretation or position that is an advance in relation to the background of issues and controversies on the topic; or it casts the issue addressed in a new and worthwhile light; and (2) the article makes explicit reference to the pertinent literature on its topic, and it discharges the burden of proof imposed by that scholarship. Primary criteria for acceptance of articles devoted to the teaching of informal logic, critical thinking or argumentation include: originality; utility; timeliness; and evidence of the effectiveness of the methods, materials, technologies, etc., proposed. The standard criteria for scholarly publication—topical fit with the subjects covered in the journal; adequacy of coverage to the issue addressed; clarity, organization and literateness of the prose; conceptual clarity and cogency of argumentation—apply ceteris paribus to the selection of all articles, notes and reviews.