Fallacies in Mathematics

Proceedings of the British Society for Research Into Learning Mathematics 27 (3):1-6 (2007)
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This paper considers the application to mathematical fallacies of techniques drawn from informal logic, specifically the use of ”argument schemes’. One such scheme, for Appeal to Expert Opinion, is considered in some detail.

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Mathematics and argumentation.Andrew Aberdein - 2009 - Foundations of Science 14 (1-2):1-8.

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Fallacies.C. L. Hamblin - 1970 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 160:492-492.
Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation.Douglas N. Walton - 2005 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Critical Questions.[author unknown] - 1955 - Thought: Fordham University Quarterly 30 (1):105-129.

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