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Scare tactics : arguments that appeal to fear and threats / by Douglas Walton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Argumentation library ; v. 3.Publication details: Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000.Description: xv, 218 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780792365433 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 160 21
Summary: This volume provides a theory of the structure of reasoning used in fear and threat appeal argumentation. Many of these arguments are amusing, once you see the clever tactic used. Some of the arguments appear to be quite reasonable, while others are suspicious, or even outrageously fraudulent.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.

This volume provides a theory of the structure of reasoning used in fear and threat appeal argumentation. Many of these arguments are amusing, once you see the clever tactic used. Some of the arguments appear to be quite reasonable, while others are suspicious, or even outrageously fraudulent.

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