Publication: Tweeting fallacies: an exploratory study on fallacy accusations on Twitter
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Gascón, José Ángel
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.22023.gas
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© 2023, John Benjamins Publishing Company. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This document is Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in the Journal of Argumentation in Context. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.22023.gas
Abstract
The fallacy approach to argument pedagogy has been criticized as being overtly critical, theoretically defective and encouraging an adversarial attitude. In order to solve some of those issues, the effects of fallacy teaching on the arguer’s behavior should be studied empirically. Here I present an exploratory study in which I take a look at how accusations of fallacies are made on Twitter. 865 accusations were analyzed according to seven criteria: (1) whether the fallacy is identified, (2) whether it is misidentified, (3) whether the accusation was substantiated, (4) whether the substantiation makes reference to the context, (5) whether the accuser relies on the “taxonomic technique”, (6) whether the accuser relies on a problematic theory, and (7) whether the accuser is willing to discuss the accusation. Both the findings of the study and the reliability of the criteria are discussed.
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Journal of Argumentation in Context, 12(3), pp. 253-277
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