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Informal Fallacies

Informal Fallacies is an academic concept in the field of informal logic denoting a type of erroneous argument pattern that violates logical norms in structure or content yet arises specifically within natural language discourse, distinguished from formal fallacies by its dependence on context, meaning, and pragmatic factors rather than purely syntactic form.

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2017–2026

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The rationality of informal argumentation: A Bayesian approach to reasoning fallacies.

Ulrike Hahn, Mike Oaksford · Psychological Review · 2007 · 309 citations

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SMEs and the fallacy of formalising CSR

Yves Fassin · Business Ethics A European Review · 2008 · 264 citations

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A Bayesian Approach to Informal Argument Fallacies

Ulrike Hahn, Mike Oaksford · Synthese · 2006 · 131 citations

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Popular fallacies on the use of African languages in education

Pai Obanya · Social Dynamics · 1999 · 122 citations

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Identification of informal reasoning fallacies as a function of epistemological level, grade level, and cognitive ability.

Michael Weinstock, Yair Neuman, Amnon Glassner · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2006 · 77 citations

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Authors

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  1. DW
    Douglas Walton

    University of Winnipeg, Canada

    5 publications · 192 citations

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  2. YN
    Yair Neuman

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  3. LC
    Louise Cummings

    Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  4. MW
    Michael Weinstock

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  5. MO
    Mike Oaksford

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 440 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Winnipeg

    Winnipeg, Canada

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    192 citations

  2. University of Windsor

    Windsor, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    136 citations

  3. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    388 citations

  4. Nottingham Trent University

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  5. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    440 citations

  6. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    440 citations

  7. California State University, San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  8. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    264 citations

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  1. Informal Logic

    7 publications · 239 citations

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  2. Synthese

    3 publications · 200 citations

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  3. Argumentation

    2 publications · 137 citations

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  4. Teaching Philosophy

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. Psychological Review

    1 publications · 309 citations

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