The Sophistical Refutations
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Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations is a treatise dedicated to identifying and refuting fallacious arguments used by sophists.
It catalogues various types of fallacies, including those based on language, such as equivocation and amphiboly, and those based on the matter, such as accident and irrelevant conclusion.
Aristotle provides methods for detecting and countering these deceptive arguments, aiming to equip readers with the tools to engage in sound reasoning.
The work emphasizes the importance of logical precision and critical thinking in intellectual discourse.
Sophistical Refutations serves as a guide to avoid being misled by faulty reasoning and to construct more robust and defensible arguments.
It catalogues various types of fallacies, including those based on language, such as equivocation and amphiboly, and those based on the matter, such as accident and irrelevant conclusion.
Aristotle provides methods for detecting and countering these deceptive arguments, aiming to equip readers with the tools to engage in sound reasoning.
The work emphasizes the importance of logical precision and critical thinking in intellectual discourse.
Sophistical Refutations serves as a guide to avoid being misled by faulty reasoning and to construct more robust and defensible arguments.
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The treatise that most obviously pursues this task is The Sophistical Refutations, which analyzes the kind of bad arguments deliberately used by those paradox mongers, the sophists.
HoP 311 - The Elements of Style - Rhetoric in Byzantium
