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Considering The Roles Of Values In Practical Reasoning Argumentation Evaluation, Michael D. Baumtrog
Considering The Roles Of Values In Practical Reasoning Argumentation Evaluation, Michael D. Baumtrog
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Building upon the role values take in Walton’s theory of practical reasoning, this paper will frame the question of how values should be evaluated into the broader question of what reasonable practical argumentation is. The thesis argued for is that if a positive evaluation of practical reasoning argumentation requires that the argument avoid a morally negative conclusion, then the role of values should be given a central, rather than supportive, position in practical argument evaluation.
Argumentative Virtues And Deep Disagreement, Chris Campolo
Argumentative Virtues And Deep Disagreement, Chris Campolo
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The theoretical possibility of deep disagreement gives rise to an important practical problem: a deep disagreement may in practice look and feel like a merely stubborn normal disagreement. In this paper I critique strategies for dealing with this practical problem. According to their proponents these strategies exhibit argumentative virtue, but I will show that they embody serious argumentative (and even moral) vices.
Virtue Reversed: Principal Argumentative Vices In Political Debate, Christian Kock
Virtue Reversed: Principal Argumentative Vices In Political Debate, Christian Kock
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Contributing to an understanding of the true virtues of argumentation, this paper sketches and exemplifies a theoretically reasoned but simple typology of argumentative vices or ‘malpractices’ that are rampant in political debate in modern democracies. The typology reflects, in negative, a set of argumentative norms, thus making a bid for something that civic instruction might profitably teach students at all levels about deliberative democracy.
The Editorial Meeting Discussion As An Argumentative Activity Type, Marta Zampa
The Editorial Meeting Discussion As An Argumentative Activity Type, Marta Zampa
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A still uninvestigated argumentative reasoning hides behind news texts, in the discussions surrounding the writing process. I try to fill this gap by reconstructing how newsroom decision-making functions from a combined argumentative and discourse analytical perspective. In order to do so, I analyze the editorial meeting discussion about a potential news item and its production as an argumentative activity type, using a French- and German-language corpus collected at the Swiss public broadcast service.