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Volume 41, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1573-9775
  • E-ISSN: 2352-1236

Abstract

Abstract

In argumentative discourse fallacies occur regularly, but often they seem not to be noticed by the participants. This also goes for the fallacy known as the , in spite of the fact that people generally denounce this fallacy when confronted with clea r cases. In this paper it is argued that the explanation of this paradox is that the different types of are modes of strategic maneuvering which take on a reasonable appearance when they mimic legitimate pragmatic argumentation or argumentation. The following hypothesis was tested in an experiment: instances of the are regarded less unreasonable than clear cases if they are presented as reasonable pragmatic argumentation.

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