From Logic to Rhetoric: A Contextualized Pedagogy for Fallacies

Autor/in	Womack, Anne-Marie
Titel	From Logic to Rhetoric: A Contextualized Pedagogy for Fallacies
Quelle	In: Composition Forum, 32 (2015), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7502
Schlagwörter	Writing (Composition); Rhetoric; Logical Thinking; Misconceptions; Persuasive Discourse; Visual Aids; Abstract Reasoning; Emotional Response; Error Patterns; Textbooks; Definitions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibübung; Rhetorik; Missverständnis; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Anschauungsmaterial; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Emotionales Verhalten; Fehlertyp; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Begriffsbestimmung
Abstract	This article reenvisions fallacies for composition classrooms by situating them within rhetorical practices. Fallacies are not formal errors in logic but rather persuasive failures in rhetoric. I argue fallacies are directly linked to successful rhetorical strategies and pose the visual organizer of the Venn diagram to demonstrate that claims can achieve both success and failure based on audience and context. For example, strong analogy overlaps false analogy and useful appeal to pathos overlaps manipulative emotional appeal. To advance this argument, I examine recent changes in fallacies theory, critique a-rhetorical textbook approaches, contextualize fallacies within the history and theory of rhetoric, and describe a methodology for rhetorically reclaiming these terms. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition. e-mail: cf@compositionforum.com; Web site: http://compositionforum.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01