S Morris Engel

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Name S. Engel Role Author		Education University of Toronto
Books With Good Reason: An Introd, The Study of Philosop, Fallacies and Pitfalls of Langu, Language and Illuminati, Wittgenstein's Doctrine of the Tyran

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". He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and York University.

Published works

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

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.

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