The One Fallacy Theory

Informal Logic 17 (2) (1995)
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My One Fallacy theory says there is only one fallacy: equivocation, or playing on an ambiguity. In this paper I explain how this theory arose from rnetaphilosophical concerns. And I contrast this theory with purely logical, dialectical, and psychological notions of fallacy

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10.22329/il.v17i2.2418

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