Michael J Wreen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1401756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Wreen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wreen |
| SIGNATURE | WREEN M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marquette University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Second Form of Argument from Analogy
One form of argument from analogy is identified and Stephen Barker's remarks about a second kind of argument from analogy, non‐inductive (and non‐deductive) argument from analogy, are used as a springboard to identify a second form. That form is then refined, explained, exemplified, and related to the first form. It is argued that there is a spectrum of different forms of argument from analogy, with the two forms identified being end points on th…
A Feeling Disputation
This, the latest volume in The Douglas Walton Encyclopedia of Argumentation —well, it's starting to look like that, anyway—is primarily concerned with four purported fallacies that involve an appeal to emotion: ad populum, ad misericordiam, ad baculum , and ad hominem. In very rough outline, the layout of the book is this. After some preliminary remarks about the four fallacies in the first chapter, and some remarks about the theoretical framewor…
Look, Ma! No Frans
This paper criticizes the pragma-dialectical conception of a fallacy, according to which a fallacy is an argumentative speech act which violates one or more of the rules of 'rational discussion'. That conception is found to be neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for committing a fallacy. It is also found wanting in several other respects
The Power of potentiality
The Aesthetic Point of View
The Aesthetic Point of View
The Power of potentiality
Look, Ma! No Frans
This paper criticizes the pragma-dialectical conception of a fallacy, according to which a fallacy is an argumentative speech act which violates one or more of the rules of 'rational discussion'. That conception is found to be neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for committing a fallacy. It is also found wanting in several other respects
A Feeling Disputation
This, the latest volume in The Douglas Walton Encyclopedia of Argumentation —well, it's starting to look like that, anyway—is primarily concerned with four purported fallacies that involve an appeal to emotion: ad populum, ad misericordiam, ad baculum , and ad hominem. In very rough outline, the layout of the book is this. After some preliminary remarks about the four fallacies in the first chapter, and some remarks about the theoretical framewor…
A Second Form of Argument from Analogy
One form of argument from analogy is identified and Stephen Barker's remarks about a second kind of argument from analogy, non‐inductive (and non‐deductive) argument from analogy, are used as a springboard to identify a second form. That form is then refined, explained, exemplified, and related to the first form. It is argued that there is a spectrum of different forms of argument from analogy, with the two forms identified being end points on th…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Analogy (1 work) · Appeal (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Argumentation theory (1 work)