Tag Archives: Argument Schemes

Having a face like their ass*

Posted on 1/24/2013 by John Casey

A couple days ago we had a discussion about the non-fallacious sense of ad hominem.  As recent research has shown (decisively, I think), fallacious forms of argument schemes exist along side non-fallacious ones.  Attacking the person isn’t ipso facto impermissible, … Continue reading →

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Even the daft find him stupid

Posted on 8/14/2012 by John Casey

A particularly frequent subvariety of argument from authority is the, for lack of a better description, "even sophists find his arguments fallacious" scheme.  The thought is that even people likely to make bad arguments have special authority when they point out a bad argument. I … Continue reading →

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The scheme meme

Posted on 1/25/2012 by John Casey

I get a kick out of image macros and the memes generated therefrom.  To me, some of theme are like instances of argument schemes for the generation of kids who don't want to read Boethius's De topicis differentiis.  Know your meme even … Continue reading →

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OSSA Day 3: Scheming

Posted on 5/21/2011 by John Casey

"Argument Schemes: An Epistemological Approach," Christoph Lumer, Universita' di Siena. I like this topic very much, as I find the notion of Argument schemes to historically interesting (descending from the medieval variations on the Aristotelian topoi), theoretically enlightenging (as a … Continue reading →

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