Argumentative Polylogues: Beyond Dialectical Understanding of Fallacies

Marcin Lewiński

doi:10.2478/slgr-2014-0010

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Argumentative Polylogues: Beyond Dialectical Understanding of Fallacies

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

Volume 36 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)

By: Marcin Lewiński

Open Access

|Apr 2014

Abstract

Dialectical fallacies are typically defined as breaches of the rules of a regulated discussion between two participants (di-logue). What if discussions become more complex and involve multiple parties with distinct positions to argue for (poly-logues)? Are there distinct argumentation norms of polylogues? If so, can their violations be conceptualized as polylogical fallacies? I will argue for such an approach and analyze two candidates for argumentative breaches of multi-party rationality: false dilemma and collateral straw man.

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