ABSTRACT

In order to be able to wind up our discussion of the fallacies in argumentative discourse with a final comparison between the pragma-dialectical approach and the more traditional approaches, it might be useful to start with bringing together the points made so far by summarizing our main findings. We first list the 10 rules for critical discussion that have been introduced in the previous chapters. Next, we give an overview of violations of the rules that hinder the resolution of a dispute at the various stages of the discussion. Finally, we show for a great many of the traditional fallacies how they can be more systematically accounted for by considering them as violations of rules for critical discussion.