Argument, Inference and Dialectic
Subtitle: Collected Papers on Informal Logic with an Introduction by Hans V. Hansen
By: by Robert C. Pinto
Series: Argumentation Library -- 4; Argumentation Library -- 4
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9789048157136; 9789401707831
Subjects: Genetic epistemology; Philosophy (General); Artificial intelligence; Logic
Description: This volume contains 12 papers addressed to researchers and advanced students in informal logic and related fields, such as argumentation, formal logic, and communications. Among the issues are attempts to rethink the nature of argument and of inference, the role of dialectical context, and the standards for evaluating inferences, and to shed light on the interfaces between informal logic and argumentation theory, rhetoric, formal logic and cognitive psychology. The volume contains a concluding chapter that interrelates and qualifies the ideas developed in the individual papers.
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Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: 1. Dialectic and the Structure of Argument; title: 2. Generalizing the Notion of Argument; title: 3. Logic, Epistemology and Argument Appraisal; title: 4. The Relation of Argument to Inference; title: 5. Inconsistency, Rationality and Relativism; title: 6. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc; title: 7. Logic, Coherence and Psychology; title: 8. Logic, Coherence and Psychology Revisited; title: 9. Logical Form and the Link Between Premisses and Conclusion; title: 10. Argument Schemes and the Evaluation of Presumptive Reasoning; title: 11. Presumption and Argument Schemes; title: 12. Cognitive Science and the Future of Rational Criticism; title: 13. Logic, Dialectic and the Practice of Rational Criticism; title: References; title: Index.