The R files: applying relevance model to conspiracy theory fallacies

• David Casacuberta Sevilla ^[1] ; Carolina Figueras Solanilla ^[2] ; Roser Martínez Sánchez ^[3]
  1. [1] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
  2. [2] Universitat de Barcelona

     Universitat de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
  3. [3] Universitat Pompeu Fabra

     Universitat Pompeu Fabra

     Barcelona, España

     

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• Localización: Journal of English Studies, ISSN 1576-6357, Nº 1, 1999, págs. 45-56
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The general aim of this article is to test how the relevance model can be of use to model argumentation. More specifically, to check if the theory developed by Sperber & Wilson (1986) is able to explain some specific fallacies, the so called "conspiracy theory fallacy". This paper contains: a short introduction both to fallacies and to relevance theory; a summary of two real conspiracy theories taken from the book "The 60 greatest conspiracies of all times", and a detailed analysis of these two conspiracies by means of the relevance model.