Perelman’s Pseudo-Argument as Applied to the Creationism Controversy.
If you want to challenge or at least weaken the adhesion to a system of values, you can basically adopt two radically opposed rhetorical strategies. Either you will attack the system in a frontal way: for instance, fundamentalists or fascists deny any validity to democratic values and human rights....
| Publicado en: | Argumentation Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 361 - 374 |
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