An Inquiry To Hamblin’s Theory Of Fallacy

This paper attempts to discuss the values and problems of Hamblin’s fallacy theoryunder the background of the reviving of contemporary fallacy. In the specific wording, ittakes the brief introduction of Hamblin and fallacies as a start, and puts emphasis on theclassifications for fallacy, the study of fallacy classifications prior to Hamblin’s, thecriticism of“The Standard Treatment of Fallacy”, and the application of“The FormalDialectic”to analyze Hamblin’s fallacy theory. Finally, the author points to the pragmaticfallacy theory and new dialectics of fallacy theory, and regards them as the perspectiveand reference in order to deeply review the value and influence of Hamblin’s fallacytheory.Above all, the paper concentrates on retrospecting Hamblin’s fallacy theory at homeand abroad, especially summarizes the study of fallacy in china. And the author brieflyintroduces Hamblin and his academic study, and emphasizes in the main content and thehistorical role of fallacies. In addition, it pays attention to Hamblin’s fallacy theory thatincludes the following four aspects: Firstly, it makes a preparation for Hamblin’s criticismby summarizing the definition of fallacy. Secondly, it explains the origin of normal fallacyclassifications through studying the fallacy classifications prior to Hamblin’s. Thirdly, ittotally analyzes the way of Hamblin to criticise“The Standard Treatment ofFallacy”.Fanially, it explains“The Form Dialectics”—a new tool for solving fallaciesthrough giving the specific examples. Based on this, the author focuses on the value andinfluence of Hamblin’s fallacy theory.The paper has established a specific frame of fallacy classifications prior toHamblin’s, and consciously includes Hamblin’s fallacy theory in order to further analyzethe concrete value of the theory. Upon the characters of“The Form Dialectics”, the authorsuggests a specific example to explain how to deal with fallacies, and gives a detailedexplanation for Hamblin’s way of analyzing fallacies.