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genetic fallacy: a standalone construct

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Argumentation

judging a claim true or false by its origin rather than its merits, examined for when reasoning from origins is in fact legitimate.

In argumentation, genetic fallacy refers to judging a claim true or false by its origin rather than its merits, examined for when reasoning from origins is in fact legitimate. This meaning comes from Klement (2002) in Argumentation.[1]

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fallacy1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct origin2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs reasoning6 fields · 17 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Klement, K. C. (2002). When Is Genetic Reasoning Not Fallacious? Argumentation, 16(4), 383-400. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021132731699

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