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Formalization of the ad hominem argumentation scheme
AbstractIn this paper, several examples from the literature, and one central new one, are used as case studies of texts of discourse containing an argumentation scheme that has now been widely investigated in literature on argumentation. Argumentation schemes represent common patterns of reasoning used in everyday conversational discourse.
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The Pragmatics of Obscuring in Political Philosophy
ABSTRACT According to the obscuring objection against mainstream political philosophy, there has been a long‐standing dominant research paradigm focusing on distributive justice. This has made it difficult to call attention to important social facts, such as discrimination and oppression.
Stina Björkholm, Nicolas Olsson Yaouzis
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Abstract Can you change sex? Can you change the meaning of the concept “sex”? Does changing “sex” make changing sex possible? Would changing “sex” to make changing sex not only possible but also easy be a good thing? Might it, as some argue, help us bring about a new way of thinking and of acting that liberates us from the logic of heteronormativity ...
Neil Gascoigne
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Intellectual humility and argumentation [PDF]
In this chapter I argue that intellectual humility is related to argumentation in several distinct but mutually supporting ways. I begin by drawing connections between humility and two topics of long-standing importance to the evaluation of informal ...
Aberdein, Andrew
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Anscombe on the shallowness of consequentialism
Abstract This paper is divided into two parts. In the first I outline and defend Elizabeth Anscombe's claim that consequentialism is a shallow philosophy by considering how two contemporary consequentialists reach opposing but equally outlandish moral conclusions on a matter as fundamental as whether it is good or bad that the human race continues.
Craig Taylor
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Notes sur le modèle occidental de l’argumentation au prisme de l’argumentation chinoise
This article interrogates the Western “confrontational” model of argumentation, discourse/counter-discourse, and a possible alternative to the Toulminian model, through the prism of Chinese argumentation. It is based on a selection of translated extracts
Christian Plantin
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The spread of fake news and the influence of moral reasoning on public opinion present significant challenges in climate change communication. This study examines how the ideological underpinnings of conservatism and liberalism, combined with logical ...
Mehmet Özer Demir +5 more
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In 1796, American physician Elisha Perkins patented “metallick Tractors” for the treatment of various ailments, particularly those associated with pain.
Douglas J. Lanska
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Normativity, interpretation, and Bayesian models [PDF]
It has been suggested that evaluative normativity should be expunged from the psychology of reasoning. A broadly Davidsonian response to these arguments is presented. It is suggested that two distinctions, between different types of rationality, are more
Oaksford, Mike
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