Fallacy and Argumentation in Oratory Speeches

Abstract

Nowadays oratory speeches are flooded with fallacious arguments the function of which predetermines the subject matter of this article. In the frame of this paper fallacies are examined through the prism of current multidisciplinary approaches; the concept of fallacy is studied both as a philosophical and as a linguistic notion in the context of argumentation. Secondly, is made an attempt to overall philosophical and linguistic analysis of fallacies in political discourse.

This approach aims to focus on the pragmatic effect of implementing stylistic and rhetoric means, on the one hand, and the fallacious arguments, on the other hand, for understanding the persuasive techniques implemented in oratories bringing forth fallacious reasoning.

The paper makes evident that the philosophical and linguistic study of fallacies in oratory speeches as errors in reasoning is one of the most vital factors in deploying the resources of inferential reasoning and demonstrating communicative competence.