Chapter
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