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Limits of Truth: Exploring Epistemological Approaches to Argumentation

Author(s) -

Michael H. G. Hoffmann

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

informal logic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2293-734X

pISSN - 0824-2577

DOI - 10.22329/il.v25i3.1136

Subject(s) - argumentation theory , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , value (mathematics) , philosophy , cognition , sociology , psychology , computer science , chemistry , biochemistry , machine learning , neuroscience

Some proponents of epistemological approaches to argumentation (Biro, Siegel, Lumer, Goldman) assume that it should be possible to develop non-relativecriteria of argument evaluation. By contrast, this paper argues that any evaluation of an argument depends (a) on the cognitive situation of the evaluator, (b) on backgroundknowledge that is available for this evaluator in a certain situation, and (c)--in some cases--on the belief-value-system this person shares.

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