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Sophistical Refutations

Sophistical Refutations (Greek: Σοφιστικοὶ Ἔλεγχοι, romanizedSophistikoi Elenchoi; Latin: De Sophisticis Elenchis) is a text in Aristotle's Organon in which he identified thirteen fallacies.[note 1] According to Aristotle, this is the first work to treat the subject of deductive reasoning in ancient Greece (Soph. Ref., 34, 183b34 ff.).

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On Sophistical Refutations[1][2] consists of 34 chapters. The book naturally falls in two parts: chapters concerned with tactics for the Questioner (3–8 and 12–15) and chapters concerned with tactics for the Answerer (16–32). Besides, there is an introduction (1–2), an interlude (9–11), and a conclusion (33–34).[3]

Gysembergh, Victor (2023). Forgotten Ancient Commentaries on Aristotle's Sphistical Refutations: Fragments of Aspasios, Herminos, Alexander, Syrianos and Philoponos. Boston: De Gruyter.  9783111332666.

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ChangingMinds.org: "Aristotle's 13 fallacies"

Parry, William T.; Hacker, Edward A. (1991), , SUNY Press, p. 435, ISBN 978-0-7914-0690-8

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