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PIRIE, MADSEN (2006)(2015) How To Win Every Argument, Bloomsbury, London.
It is not a fallacy in itself, to report that someone denies something.(79). This denial may or may not be true. (79-80). When cumulative evidences that someone has done something and performed an action, are established, and the person involved refuses to admit it; this is denial. (80).
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'Denial goes with many things, but confession is not one of them.' (80).
'The problem is that 'in denial' implies certain knowledge of a guilt that in most cases has not been established beyond any reasonable doubt.' (80).
Insightful.
It seems to me that with this fallacy, it is at times, in certain situations, a supposed fallacy because there is actual doubt on whether a person in question is denying anything.
The author notes the example of within an argument,when one person is wrong and the other is right, in an obvious context, a tactic is for the right person to accuse the wrong person of being 'In Denial.' (81).
In a philosophical debate, a Christian could accuse the atheist of being in denial. The atheist could accuse of the Christian of being in denial. In many cases, I would suggest that accusing the opponent of this fallacy is not helpful and creates another unhelpful layer of disagreement!
My thinking is that a psychology text from my Bachelor's degree era will suffice with a secondary definition.
'Denial (suppression and eventual repression of negative feelings).' (458). The psychological state with our topic, connects to the philosophical.
PIRIE, MADSEN (2006)(2015) How To Win Every Argument, Bloomsbury, London.
RYBASH, JOHN, ROODIN, PAUL A., SANTROCK, JOHN W. (1985)(1991) Adult Development and Aging, Wm. C Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
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