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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2016

Pages: 109-116

Series: Argumentation Library

ISBN (Hardback): 9783319207827

Full citation:

, "Lecture XII", in: A theory of philosophical fallacies, Berlin, Springer, 2016

Abstract

We come back to the question why the logical method of rigorous logical inferences that works so well in geometry cannot be used in philosophy. Philosophical concepts are already in place before we begin philosophising, so that any attempt at defining them ends up in concept-swapping, i.e. replacing the original concept with a different and arbitrary one. Whenever philosophers do that, they equivocate. This fallacy is often compounded with circular definitions.

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2016

Pages: 109-116

Series: Argumentation Library

ISBN (Hardback): 9783319207827

Full citation:

, "Lecture XII", in: A theory of philosophical fallacies, Berlin, Springer, 2016