‘Ideological’ fallacies1
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
| Field | Value | |
| Title | ‘Ideological’ fallacies1 | |
| Creator | van Veuren, Pieter | |
| Description | The aim of this paper is to extend the critique which informal logic employs against fallacious reasoning to a critique of ideological argumentation. Two main problems are addressed: the first problem concerns criteria for the identification of 'ideological' fallacies, and the second concerns the place which ‘ideological’ fallacies are to be accorded in a ‘taxonomy' of fallacies. I address the first problem by developing a critical concept of ideology: argumentative ideological discourse serves to justify relations of domination and exploitation and is potentially misleading. Two illustrative examples of 'ideological' fallacy are presented: an ‘appeal to public interest' and an ‘appeal to the will of God’. In addressing the second problem, I argue that these ‘ideological' fallacies may best be classified as typical variations of main classes of fallacies which are traditionally distinguished (inconsistent premises and relevance). | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1994-01-24 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koers.v59i1.655 | |
| Source | Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap; Vol 59, No 1 (1994); 37-51 2304-8557 0023-270X | |
| Language | eng | |
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