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What We Hide In Words: Value-Based Reasoning And Emotive Language, Fabrizio Macagno
What We Hide In Words: Value-Based Reasoning And Emotive Language, Fabrizio Macagno
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There are emotively powerful words that can modify our judgment, arouse our emotions and influence our decisions. This paper shows how the use of emotive meaning in argumentation can be explained by showing how their logical dimension, which can be analysed using argumentation schemes, combines with heuristic processes triggered by emotions. Arguing with emotive words is shown to use value-based practical reasoning grounded on hierarchies of values and maxims of experience for evaluative classification.