Quotations and Presumptions: Dialogical Effects of Misquotations

Manipulation of quotation, shown to be a common tactic of argumentation in this paper, is associated with fallacies like wrenching from context, hasty generalization, equivocation, accent, the straw man fallacy, and ad hominem arguments. Several examples are presented from everyday speech, legislati...

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Main Authors: Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2011-03-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/657