Aristotle’s 13 Fallacies
November 8th, 2009
Aristotle’s 13 Fallacies
Linguistic fallacies
(in dictione)
De Sophisticis Elenchis:
One of his six works on logic contained within the Organon, (Instrument) the name given by Aristotle’s followers – the Peripatetics.
The works are:
Categories,
On Interpretation,
Prior Analytics,
Posterior Analytics,
Topics andSophistical Refutations.
Accent (Ambiguity or homonymy)
Amphiboly (or ambiguity) Equivocation Composition (Combination) and Division Figure of Speech Non-linguistic fallacies
(extra dictionem)
Accident Affirming the Consequent In a Certain Respect and Simply Ignorance of Refutation Begging the Question False Cause
source: Sophistical Refutations (Sophistici Elenchi)
On Sophistical Refutations – Translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge
- Ambiguity or homonymy)
Categories: Logic
