Assertion: argument's premise | /r/HasProperty | acceptable
Facets:
value: epistemically
type: DEGREE
value: relative to the conclusion
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A purely logical approach to argument will not capture this requirement because arguments of the same valid form, but with different contents, may or may not be epistemically serious, depending on whether the premises are epistemically acceptable relative to the conclusion.
text: Most typically this could be a problem of what we call begging the question, when the premises would be acceptable only if someone already accepted the conclusion as true.
text: In place of a sound argument—a deductively valid argument with true premises—Johnson and Blair posit an alternative ideal of a cogent argument, one whose premises are acceptable, relevant to and sufficient for its conclusion.