Appeals to considerations

Wellman's "conduction" and Govier's "conductive arguments" are best described as appeals to con-siderations. The considerations cited are features of a subject of interest, and the conclusion is the attribution to it of a supervenient status like a classi-fication, an evaluation, a prescription or an interpretation. The conclusion may follow either conclusively or non-conclusively or not at all. Weighing the pros and cons is only one way of …