When is a fallacy not a fallacy?

Metaphilosophy 19 (3‐4):307-312 (1988)
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The informal fallacies can be conceived as enthymemes that are formally valid. But, then, what accounts for our sense of their fallaciousness? I explain this in terms of the notion of a warrant.

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10.1111/j.1467-9973.1988.tb00776.x

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reprint Marks, Joel (2007) "When is a Fallacy Not a Fallacy?". Metaphilosophy 19(3‐4):307-312

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The Case of the Missing Premise.Don S. Levi - 1995 - Informal Logic 17 (1).
An Informal Logic Bibliography.Hans V. Hansen - 1990 - Informal Logic 12 (3).

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