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The Significance of Informal Logic for Philosophy
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The Significance of Informal Logic for Philosophy

Abstract

Informal logic is a new sub-discipline of philosophy, roughly definable as the philosophy of argument. Contributors have challenged the traditional concept of an argument as a premiss-conclusion complex, in favour of speech-act, functional and dialogical conceptions; they have identified as additional components warrants, modal qualifiers, rebuttals, and a dialectical tier. They have objected that "soundness" is neither necessary nor sufficient for a good argument. Alternative proposals include acceptability, relevance and sufficiency of the premisses; conformity to a valid argument schema; conformity to rules for discussion aimed at rational resolution of a dispute. Informal logic is a significant part of philosophy.

Authors

Hitchcock D

Journal

Informal Logic, Vol. 20, No. 2,

Publisher

University of Windsor Leddy Library

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

DOI

10.22329/il.v20i2.2265

ISSN

0824-2577

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