Wittgenstein's Theory of Fallacy

Wittgensteins Seeing-as and A Theory of Art

In this paper I will show how Wittgenstein's concept of seeing-as might serve as the foundation for a theory of art. The theory that I will develop is a sketch, and general themes will take precedence over details. I will describe a way of distinguishing between art objects and other objects, consider what makes art, art, give a Wittgensteinian 'definition' of art appreciation, examine various ...

The “banzhaf Fallacy” Fallacy

Commentary on Scott Aikin, “A Modest Defense of Fallacy Theory”

The consistency fallacy and failures of theory embellishment

Trafimow (2013) rejects the notion that data can militate against a theory if the data is wholly irrelevant to the theory. This very reasonable-sounding argument may not hold in the important (and common) case where competing models are being compared. The underlying issues may be clarified by way of example. Consider the active debate on the contributions of fMRI to cognitive theory (e.g., Mat...

The fallacy of communism.