A Pragmatic Analysis of Fallacies in English Religious Argumentative Discourse

المؤلفون

  • Khawla Shukur Mahmood General Directorate of Education in Diayla
  • Sundus Muhsin Ali College of Arts/ University of Baghdad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v3i141.3730

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Fallacies، Straw man، Argument from ignorance، red herring، The argument against the person

الملخص

       Fallacies are common errors in an argument and they undermine the logic of that argument. They obstruct the process of argumentation since they do not contribute to the resolution in difference in opinion. The current study investigates fallacies in four religious argumentative debates between Muslims and atheists.  It adopts Toulmin et al (1984) as a model for analysis. Results show that both debating parties, Muslims and atheists commit fallacies but the latter exceeds the former quantitatively and qualitatively. The most common fallacies in Muslims’ arguments are straw man argument, poisoning the well and attacking the person whereas the straw man argument, argument from ignorance, hasty generalization and appeal to compassion are the most committed ones by atheists.

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Online References:

https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-ad-hominem-fallacy-different-from-poisoning-the-well

التنزيلات

منشور

2022-06-15

إصدار

القسم

علم اللغة والأدب الانجليزي

كيفية الاقتباس

Mahmood, K. S., & Ali, S. M. (2022). A Pragmatic Analysis of Fallacies in English Religious Argumentative Discourse. مجلة الآداب, 3(141), 15-30. https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v3i141.3730

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