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OSSA Conference Archive

2020

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Where Do You Place Your Argument?, Christina Pontoppidan Jun 2020

Where Do You Place Your Argument?, Christina Pontoppidan

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Toulmin’s logical approach to argumentation affects the purpose and design of his argument model. The author argues that, even though the model has proven useful and influential in the rhetorical tradition, it misses the most central aspects of persuasive argumentation and the rhetorical role of the topics. The author outlines a rhetorical argument model that takes the metaphor of places seriously and shows the process of building a persuasive argument guided by different types of topical places.


Metalinguistic Disagreements, Underdetermination And The Straw Man Fallacy: Toward Meaning Argumentativism, Marcin Lewinski Jun 2020

Metalinguistic Disagreements, Underdetermination And The Straw Man Fallacy: Toward Meaning Argumentativism, Marcin Lewinski

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The goal of this paper is to critically analyze some of the dubious assumptions about language and meaning hidden in the dominant accounts of the straw man fallacy. I will argue that against the background of the resurgent conception of language as an underdetermined and in-principle negotiable entity (Dorr & Hawthorne 2014; Ludlow 2014; Plunkett & Sundell 2013, 2019), some alleged straw man attacks are better seen as reasonable moves in the metalinguistic disagreements permeating our ordinary argumentative practice.


Evidence In Argumentation-Based Litigation (Alg): Comments On Xiong's And Du's Paper, Marko Novak Jun 2020

Evidence In Argumentation-Based Litigation (Alg): Comments On Xiong's And Du's Paper, Marko Novak

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No abstract provided.