<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

Argumentative Polylogues: Beyond Dialectical Understanding of Fallacies

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Dialectical fallacies are typically defined as breaches of the rules of a regulated discussion between two participants (di-logue). What if discussions become...

Argumentative Polylogues: Beyond Dialectical Understanding of Fallacies

Published Online: Apr 12, 2014

Page range: 193 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2014-0010

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