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Mill's Theory Of Fallacy Study

Posted on:2013-01-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330362462959Subject:Logic
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Since the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle opened the great fallacy research field since.During the two thousand years, all the times logicians, philosophers, linguists, politicalscientists and even scientists are dedicated to the fallacy of his own intelligence, makingfalse stretches without a break, a splendid sight. Period in the Mill, John Stuart Mill hadmany predecessors for the fallacy of new and different ideas. The fallacy in the theory ofthe Muller system, not only contains the definition as for the error, classification and otherbasic issues, and for the use of induction, the use of scientific methodology, probabilitytheory, from the traditional form of fallacy to changes in other non-encompasses thefallacy of thinking of many intertwined.This article includes four parts. The first part discusses the fallacy of the concept,definition, classification, is the basis of instructions. Including the "fallacy" and relatedterms to define, for the "non-formal fallacy," the introduction, the fallacy of issues relatedto defined instructions. In addition to the classification is the fallacy: the fallacy ofincluding the existing classification, error classification dilemma, false classification ofnew ideas and other issues. The second part discusses the fallacy of the whole system onthe Mill. During the tangles in the area on the basis of induction has made its author a lotof opinions extracted, including a study:"habits" come from,"believe" and "fact" Theorigin and explanation. How widespread evidence of causality as the fallacy of the factors,as well as false classification of Mill, Mill fallacy theory summarized the achievementsand problems in the interpretation of falsehood and fallacies,"Mill five methods" thatexist in a series of Mill fallacy fallacy ideology. Mill thought the fallacy of otherinvestigators compared the times have a lot of outstanding issues, worthy of the authorcontinue to develop. The third part discusses and analyzes the system error in the Mill onthe controversial issue of "incomplete induction" problem. Some scholars have advocated"fallacy and induction"; and not much contact, some scholars believe that the language offalsehood and is closely related with the induction inseparable. In summing up domesticand international representative of the author, based on the criticism and put forward theirviews.
Keywords/Search Tags:Informal fallacies, deductive fallacy, induction, probability, causality
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