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See Douglas N. Walton (1995), A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy, pp 65–67; Charles Leonard Hamblin (1970), Fallacies, pp 31–32; and Frans H. van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst (1992), Argumentation, Communication and Fallacies, pp 103, 133, 205 and 214. These authorities all agree with Irving Copi’s argument in (1953), Introduction to Logic, that just about any fallacy can be seen as Ignoratio elenchi in some sense. An “elenchus” is also used as the name for a form of Socratic refutation which shows the interlocutor that what he thinks he knows is inconsistent with his other opinions—it doesn’t join up. This is used as a means to spur him on to think again—as distinct from a “sophistic” argument, which aims to refute the opponent by any means. See also David Hackett Fischer (1970), Historians’ Fallacies, p 284.

David Fleming
Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired the 2020 launches of both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and Sterling College's unique 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online courses. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!

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