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Johnstone's View of Rhetorical and Dialectical Argument

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2001
In the writings of Henry W. Johnstone, Jr. there can be found an evolving and gradually more sophisticated discussion of the relationship between rhetorical and dialectical argument. Johnstone's view on these matters was highly original, and at odds with
Douglas Walton
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Silence as an argument and a manifestation of respect in the argumentation in John Locke's works

open access: yesSententiae, 2019
In the article, referring to the method of rational reconstruction described by R. Rorty, an analysis of some works of J. Locke has been made in order to identify new prospects in John Locke's philosophy researches.
Olena Shcherbyna, Nataliia Shcherbyna
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Towards an experimental account of argumentation: the case of the slippery slope and the ad hominem arguments

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
Argumentation is a crucial component of our lives. Although in the absence of rational debate our legal, political, and scientific systems would not be possible, there is still no integrated area of research on the psychology of argumentation ...
Marco eLillo-Unglaube   +3 more
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Three Potential Problems for Powers' One-Fallacy Theory

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2003
Lawrence Powers advocates a one-fallacy theory in which the only real fallacies are fallacies of ambiguity. He defines a fallacy, in general, as a bad argument that appears good.
Matthew Zuckero
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The Clinical Assessment in the Legal Field: An Empirical Study of Bias and Limitations in Forensic Expertise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
According to the literature, psychological assessment in forensic contexts is one of the most controversial application areas for clinical psychology. This paper presents a review of systematic judgment errors in the forensic field.
Castelnuovo, Gianluca   +3 more
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Transcender les différends : une réaction possible aux situations de désaccord profond

open access: yesArgumentation et Analyse du Discours, 2012
Deep disagreement is a situation in which a conflict is so fundamental that there appears to be no underlying shared agreement by the arguers at any level. It is generally held that in such a case productive argument is not possible.
David Zarefsky
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The World Is Either Digital or Analogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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Berto, Francesco, Tagliabue, Jacopo
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Rorty’s Promise in Metaethics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Little attention is given to Richard Rorty’s metaethical views. No doubt this stems from the fact that most commentators are more interested in his metaphilosophical views; most see his metaethical views, offered in scattered passages, as just the ...
Donelson, Raff
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Ad Hominem Arguments, Rhetoric, and Science Communication [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2018
Abstract In this paper, I contend that evidence-focused strategies of science communication may be complemented by possibly more effective rhetorical arguments in current public debates on vaccines. I analyse the case of direct science communication - that is, communication of evidence - and show that it is difficult to effectively ...
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Attacking authority [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The quality of our public discourse – think of the climate change debate for instance – is never very high. A day spent observing it reveals a litany of misrepresentation and error, argumentative fallacy, and a general lack of good will.
Steve, Matthews
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