Is False Dilemma Really a Formal Fallacy?: A Reply to Conces and Walters
2024 (English)In: Informal Logic, ISSN 0824-2577, E-ISSN 2293-734X, Vol. 44, no 4, p. 543-572
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We argue that Conces' and Walter's tool FM2.0 is valuable but does not show that false dilemma is a formal fallacy. The FM2.0 assumes an ambiguous use of the term 'formal fallacy', different from how the term is used in logic, and may show that any argument is a formal fallacy. Moreover, the FM2.0 is developed by using one type of false disjunctive syllogism. However, the adequate application of FM2.0 on false dilemma does not lead to an invalid augmented argument, contrary to what is expected in FM2.0, even assuming the ambiguous use of the term 'formal fallacy'.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University of Windsor Press, 2024. Vol. 44, no 4, p. 543-572
Keywords [en]
false dilemma, formal fallacies, informal fallacies, ambiguity, straw man, fallacy, false disjunctive syllogism, logical validity, informal reasoning
Keywords [sv]
falskt dilemma, formella felslut, informella felslut, flertydighet, straw man, felslut, falsk disjunktiv syllogism, logisk giltighet, informella resonemang
National Category
Philosophy
Research subject
Philosophy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-546366DOI: 10.22329/il.v44i4.8144ISI: 001394988700004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216088514OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-546366DiVA, id: diva2:1925427
2025-01-082025-01-082025-04-01Bibliographically approved