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Why Missing Premises Can Be Missed: Evaluating Arguments By Determining Their Lever, Jean H.M. Wagemans
Why Missing Premises Can Be Missed: Evaluating Arguments By Determining Their Lever, Jean H.M. Wagemans
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By taking an argument to consist of one premise and one conclusion, the Periodic Table of Arguments (PTA) excludes from its conceptualization the element traditionally called the ‘connecting premise’ or ‘warrant’ – which is often missing from the discourse. This paper answers the question of how to evaluate the underlying mechanism of an argument by presenting a method for formulating its ‘argumentative lever’ based on an identification of its type.