John Locke on Inference and Fallacy, A Re-Appraisal

John Locke, long associated with the “standard” approach to fallacies and the “logical” approach to valid inference, had both logical and dialectical reasons for favoring certain proofs and denigrating others. While the logical approach to argumentation stands forth in Locke’s philosophical writing...

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Main Author: Mark Garrett Longaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2014-12-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4133