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Inference claims

Abstract

In this paper I advance a completely general account of what it means for a conclusion to follow from given premises: An acceptable counterfactual-supporting covering generalization of the argument rules out, either definitively or with some modal qualification, simultaneous acceptability of the premisses and non-acceptability of the conclusion, even though it does not rule out acceptability of the premisses and does not require acceptability …

Authors

Hitchcock DL

Book title

Inside Arguments Logic and the Study of Argumentation

Pagination

pp. 81-100

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Place of publication

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Publication Date

2012

ISBN-10

1443838802

ISBN-13

9781443838801