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The Role of Quasi-Logical Arguments in Critical Dialogue: A Pragma-Dialectical Redefinition
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Year of publication | 2017 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Informal Logic |
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web | http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4468/4063 |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.22329/il.v37i1.4468 |
Field | Philosophy and religion |
Keywords | Critical Dialogue; New Rhetoric; Pragma-Dialectics; Probability; Quasi-logical Arguments |
Description | The article focuses on the New Rhetoric’s concept of quasi-logical arguments imitating logical or mathematical demonstrations, and examines it from point of view of pragma-dialectics as a device contributing towards resolving the difference of opinion. It is shown that the category of quasi-logical arguments cannot be considered as an argument scheme or a united type of strategic maneuvering. It is suggested to consider the category of quasi-logical arguments as a cluster of specific strategic maneuvers increasing the efficiency of arguments under certain circumstances. This approach is demonstrated in a case study of pragma-dialectical analysis of the quasi-logical scheme of probability. |
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