Fallacies as Derailments of Argumentative Discourse Acceptance Based on Understanding and Critical Assessment

Abstract

Some conspicuous characteristics of argumentation as we all know this phenomenon from our shared everyday experiences are in my view vital to its theoretical treatment because they should have methodological consequences for the way in which argumentation research is conducted. To start with, argumentation is in the first place a communicative act complex, which is realized by making functional verbal (and sometimes non-verbal) communicative moves.