Abstract

ROSSI, Gabriela. On the Aristotelian treatment of two deceitful arguments: Composition and Division. Nova tellus [online]. 2011, vol.29, n.1, pp.41-74. ISSN 0185-3058.

This paper deals with the Aristotelian treatment of two fallacies or deceitful arguments: Composition and Division. First I examine the way in which Aristotle presents these arguments in the Sophistic Refutations (SE), and secondly, I study the presentation of Rhetoric (Rh.), II, 24. This analysis makes clear that in each writing, "Composition" and "Division" are actually referred to arguments with a completely different structure. To this extent, Composition and Division are presented as a particularly clear example of the fact that the treatment of fallacies in Rh. II, 24 is not a mere repetition of what had been studied in SE, but implies a strong innovation, partly dependent on the particular subject matter of rhetorical argumentation.

Keywords : Fallacies; Rhetoric; Dialectic; Argumentation.

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