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Philosophical Fallacies

Ways of Erring in Philosophical Exposition

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  • Explores philosophical fallacy in a systematic way.

  • Examines theory and also provides illustrations and case studies.

  • Writen for courses in philosophical method and practice, as well as history of philosophy.

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About this book

This book examines the nature, sources, and implications of fallacies in philosophical reasoning. In doing so, it illustrates and evaluates various historical instances of this phenomenon. There is widespread interest in the practice and products of philosophizing, yet the important issue of fallacious reasoning in these matters has been effectively untouched. Nicholas Rescher fills this gap by presenting a systematic account of the principal ways in which philosophizing can go astray.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    Nicholas Rescher

About the author

Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. In a productive research career extending over six decades, he has well over one hundred books to his credit, including Ethics Matters (2021), Philosophical Clarifications (2019) and Value Reasoning (2017).  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophical Fallacies

  • Book Subtitle: Ways of Erring in Philosophical Exposition

  • Authors: Nicholas Rescher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97174-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97173-1Published: 22 March 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97176-2Published: 23 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-97174-8Published: 21 March 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 128

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Literature, general, Critical Thinking, History of Philosophy, Logic

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