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 judging whether the conclusion follows. Further, the move from information about the subject's cited features to the attribution of a super-venient status is often but one moment in a more complex process.