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fallacies: do we ‘use’ them or ‘commit’ them? ...
And a verbal explanation of this superposing of circles could read like
this: smaller the systems or frameworks (of interest and work), with spe-
cific and unambiguous rules, easier it is to detect and declare something
a fallacy. Bigger the systems or frameworks (‘naturally’ comprising many
small(er) ones), with less specific and more loose rules, harder and less rele-
vant it is to detect and declare something a fallacy. We could thus represent
the relationship between social relations (practical reasoning in everyday
life/society) and ‘formal’ relations (logical reasoning) as follows:
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And a verbal explanation of this superposing of circles could read like
this: smaller the systems or frameworks (of interest and work), with spe-
cific and unambiguous rules, easier it is to detect and declare something
a fallacy. Bigger the systems or frameworks (‘naturally’ comprising many
small(er) ones), with less specific and more loose rules, harder and less rele-
vant it is to detect and declare something a fallacy. We could thus represent
the relationship between social relations (practical reasoning in everyday
life/society) and ‘formal’ relations (logical reasoning) as follows:
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