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Argument appraisal strategy: A comprehensive approach

Informal Logic, 2001
A popular three-stage argument appraisal strategy calls for (1) identifying the parts of the argument, (2) classifYing the argument as deductive, inductive, or some other type, and (3) appraising the argument using the standards appropriate for the type.
Robert H. Ennis
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On the Virtue-theoretic Approach to Argument Appraisal

Informal Logic
: Two criticisms of the virtue-theoretic approach to argument appraisal are as follows. First, it is inadequate as argument cogency is conceptually independent of the characteristics of arguers (Bowell and Kingsbury 2013). Second, it is unmotivated since
Matthew William McKeon
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An Epistemological Appraisal of Walton’s Argument Schemes

Informal Logic, 2022
The article critically discusses Walton’s (and co-authors’) argument scheme approach to good argumentation. Four characteristics of Walton’s approach are presented: 1. Argument schemes provide normative requirements. 2.
Christoph Lumer
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In Defence of Virtue: The Legitimacy of Agent-Based Argument Appraisal

Informal Logic, 2014
Several authors have recently begun to apply virtue theory to argumentation. Critics of this programme have suggested that no such theory can avoid committing an ad hominem fallacy.
Andrew Aberdein
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A critical appraisal of the harm reduction argument for heat-not-burn tobacco products [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2018
Heat-not-burn products (HNBs) are efficient nicotine delivery devices that heat tobacco instead of burning it, as conventional cigarettes do. Since heating yields less carbon monoxide and other tobacco pyrolysis–derived toxicants, tobacco companies claim
Francisco J.R. Paumgartten
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When Surgical Innovation Outpaces Evidence: Does Modern Maximal Resection Require Re-Evaluation of Postoperative Radiotherapy in Glioblastoma? [PDF]

Medical Sciences
Postoperative radiotherapy (RT) improves survival in glioblastoma, and its role in standard management is not disputed. The randomized trials establishing this benefit, however, were conducted before computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
Tomasz Tykocki
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Is it more reasonable for a critical rationalist to be non-religious? [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2023
This paper argues that it is not reasonable for a critical rationalist to be a religious believer in the Abrahamic tradition. The argument is distinctive, in that it takes seriously the critical rationalist view that we should abandon ‘justificationist ...
Jeremy Shearmur
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Bad Arguments and Objectively Bad Arguments

Informal Logic, 2023
Many have argued that it is impossible to determine criteria to identify good arguments. In this contribution, we argue that it is at least possible to identify features of objectively bad arguments.
Michael Hoffmann, Richard Catrambone
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You Cannot Judge an Argument by its Closure

Informal Logic, 2022
he best arguments are distinguished by more than logical validity, successful rhetorical persuasion, or satisfactory dialectical closure. Argument appraisal has to look beyond the premises, inferences, and conclusions; it must consider more than just ...
Daniel H. Cohen
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Theories of Creativity in Music: Students' Theory Appraisal and Argumentation [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Most research on people's conceptions regarding creativity has concerned informal beliefs instead of more complex belief systems represented in scholarly theories of creativity. The relevance of general theories of creativity to the creative domain of music may also be unclear because of the mixed responses these theories have received from music ...
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