Morris Engel With Good Reason
S. Morris Engel (born 1931) is an author, philosopher, and linguist. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1959, writing on 'The philosophy of language in Hobbes and Locke'.[1] He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and York University.
Published works[edit]
- Analyzing Informal Fallacies
- Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language: The Language Trap
- Language and Illumination: Studies in the History of Philosophy
- The Chain of Logic
- The Language Trap: Or, How to Defend Yourself Against the Tyranny of Words
- The Problem of Tragedy
- The Study of Philosophy
- With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies[2]
- Wittgenstein's Doctrine of the Tyranny of Language: An Historical and Critical Examination of His Blue Book
Engel also translated 'Cat in the Ghetto: Stories' by Rachmil Bryks from Yiddish to English.[3]
Notes[edit]
Mar 03, 2020 Fallacies of equivocation are arguments in which two different senses of a key word or phrase are confused. The word or phrase remains the same but the meaning carries shifts in the course of the statement or argument.” ((S. Morris Engel, With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies, 5th ed. Martin’s Press, 1994. Engel includes a lot of comics along the way to illustrate what he teaches. Informal logical fallacies are the focus of With Good Reason, but before teaching them, he touches on the basic concepts of logical reasoning. Engel shows a special interest in how language influences the way we think.
With Good Reason S. Morris Engel
- ^Engel, S Morris (1959). The philosophy of language in Hobbes and Locke: a comparative study. Thesis, PhD. ISBN9780312084790. OCLC222042217.
- ^Engel, S Morris (2000). With good reason: an introduction to informal fallacies (6th. ed.). Boston: Bedford-St. Martin's. ISBN978-0-312-15758-6. OCLC43027353.
- ^Bryks, Rachmil (1959). A cat in the ghetto: four novelettes. Engel, S Morris (trans.). New York City: Bloch Publishing Company. OCLC4061285. Also OCLC234178313 Recent (as of 2008) edition published as Bryks, Rachmil (2008). A cat in the ghetto: stories. Engel, S Morris (trans.) (1st. ed.). New York City: Persea Books. ISBN978-0-89255-327-3. OCLC173243756.
