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An argumentation semantics for rational human evaluation of arguments

open access: yesFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2023
In abstract argumentation theory, many argumentation semantics have been proposed for evaluating argumentation frameworks. This article is based on the following research question: Which semantics corresponds well to what humans consider a rational judgment on the acceptability of arguments?
Marcos Cramer, Leendert van der Torre
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New Dialectical Rules For Ambiguity

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2000
A set often rules is proposed for dealing with problems of ambiguity when interpreting a text of argumentative discourse. The rules are based on Grice's pragmatic rules for a collaborative conversation and on principles and maxims used to deal with ...
Douglas Walton
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A Unitary Schema for Arguments by Analogy

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2012
Following a Toulmian account of argument analysis and evaluation, I offer a general unitary schema for, so called, deductive and inductive types of analogical arguments.
Lilian Bermejo-Luque
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The Generalized Criterion of Relevance for Argument Evaluation [PDF]

open access: yesFuture Human Image, 2021
The paper is devoted to the relevance criterion of argument evaluation within argumentation theory. Argument evaluation is a tool to avoid misunderstanding and misleading in argumentation — one of the most basic forms of human communications. The purpose
Viktoriia Babiuk
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Laypeople’s Evaluation of Arguments: Are Criteria for Argument Quality Scheme-Specific? [PDF]

open access: yesArgumentation, 2017
Can argumentation schemes play a part in the critical processing of argumentation by lay people? In a qualitative study, participants were invited to come up with strong and weak arguments for a given claim and were subsequently interviewed for why they thought the strong argument was stronger than the weak one. Next, they were presented with a list of
Peter Jan Schellens   +3 more
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Bad Arguments and Objectively Bad Arguments

open access: yesInformal 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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Localism vs. Individualism for the Scientific Realism Debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Localism is the view that the unit of evaluation in the scientific realism debate is a single scientific discipline, sub-discipline, or claim, whereas individualism is the view that the unit of evaluation is a single scientific theory.
Block Ned   +10 more
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Justification and Argumentation

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2014
In her paper “Argumentation theory and the conception of epistemic justification”, Lilian Bermejo-Luque presents a critique of deductivism in argumentation theory, as well as her own concept of epistemic justification inspired by the views of Stephen ...
Szymanek Krzysztof
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Citizens’ Consultations – Public Spaces of Argument Evaluation? A View from Critical Discourse Analysis

open access: yesRomanian Journal of English Studies, 2014
The article applies a recently developed framework for the reconstruction and evaluation of arguments based on practical reasoning (Fairclough and Fairclough 2012) to the analysis of a public consultation session organised by the Romanian Ministry of ...
Mădroane Irina Diana
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Argumentation schemes, fallacies, and evidence in politicians’ argumentative tweets—A coded dataset

open access: yesData in Brief, 2022
This coded database presents a corpus of argumentative tweets published by four politicians (Matteo Salvini, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, and Joe Biden) within 6 months from their taking office, which corresponds to the official end of their election ...
Fabrizio Macagno
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