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Pollock on Practical Reasoning

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2001
The epistemologist John Pollock has implemented computationally an architecture for a rational agent which he calls OSCAR. OSCAR models both practical and theoretical (or epistemic) reasoning.
David Hitchcock
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Is Practical Reasoning Presumptive?

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2008
Douglas Walton has done extensive and valuable work on the concepts of presumption and practical reasoning. However, Walton’s attempt to model practical reasoning as presumptive is misguided. The notions of “inference” and of the burden of proof shifting
Christian Kock
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REASONS FOR ACTION AND PRACTICAL REASONING [PDF]

open access: yesRatio, 2010
AbstractThis paper seeks a better understanding of the elements of practical reasoning: premises and conclusion. It argues that the premises of practical reasoning do not normally include statements such as ‘I want to ϕ’; that the reasoning in practical reasoning is the same as in theoretical reasoning and that what makes it practical is, first, that ...
Maria Alvarez   +2 more
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Practical Reasoning and Practical Argumentation: A Stakeholder Commitment Approach. [PDF]

open access: yesTopoi (Dordr), 2023
This paper examines the conceptual and terminological overlap between theories and models of practical deliberation developed within the fields of Practical Reasoning (PR) and Practical Argumentation (PA).
van Berkel K, Wagemans JHM.
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An Analysis and a Critique of Henry Sidgwick’s Ethical Intuitionism [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت و فلسفه, 2011
In this paper, following an analytical-critical method, I will try to give an analysis of Sidgwick’s ethical intuitionism. I will focus on his critical analysis of Common Sense Morality, which he has called “Dogmatic Intuitionism”, and state the moral ...
ali akbar abdol abadi
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Attribution of de re propositional attitudes as a means of persuasion

open access: yesСлово.ру: балтийский акцент, 2023
By de re propositional attitude ascription for rhetorical purposes, we will understand ut­tering a modal statement wherein the speaker deliberately uses a description of the attitude’s object which she knows to be unavailable to the attitude holder.
Daniel B. Tiskin
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Sickle cell disease chronic joint pain: Clinical assessment based on maladaptive central nervous system plasticity

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
Chronic joint pain (CJP) is among the significant musculoskeletal comorbidities in sickle cell disease (SCD) individuals. However, many healthcare professionals have difficulties in understanding and evaluating it.
Tiago da Silva Lopes   +19 more
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Distinguishing Practical and Theoretical Reasoning: A Critique of Deanna Kuhn's Theory of Informal Argument

open access: yesInformal Logic, 1996
Deanna Kuhn's theory of informal argumentation (1991) evaluates arguments according to a theory/evidence model where subjects first articulate a theory and then must provide critical testing of alternatives on the basis of evidence.
Matthew Wilks Keefer
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Dependency Updates and Reasoning in KiWi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
KiWi is a framework for semantic social software applica- tions that combines the Wiki philosophy with Semantic Web technolo- gies. Applications based on KiWi can therefore leverage i.a.
Stroka, Stephanie   +3 more
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Reasons as premises of good reasoning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Many philosophers have been attracted to the view that normative reasons are premises of good reasoning – that for some consideration to be a normative reason to ? is for it to be the premise of good reasoning towards ?-ing. However, while this reasoning
Way, Jonathan
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