Publisher's Synopsis
Sophistical Refutations is a text in Aristotle's Organon in which he identified thirteen fallacies. At the end of the text he also claims to be the first thinker to treat the subject of deduction. (Soph. Ref., 34, 183b34 ff.). The fallacies Aristotle identifies are the following: Fallacies in the language Equivocation Amphibology Composition Division Accent Figure of speech or form of expression Fallacies not in the language Accident Secundum quid Irrelevant conclusion Begging the question False cause Affirming the consequent Fallacy of many questions
