Argument, inference and dialectic : collected papers on informal logic / Robert C. Pinto ; with an introduction by Hans V. Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinto, Robert C.

Series:

Argumentation library ; v. 4.

Argumentation library ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning.

Physical Description:

xx, 148 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2001]

Contents:

2. Retrospective: Logic, Dialectic and the Practice of Rational Criticism xx

Chapter 1 Dialectic and the Structure of Argument 1

2. Presumption and Burden of Proof 2

3. Do there have to be "objective standards" for assessing arguments? 4

Chapter 2 Generalizing the Notion of Argument 10

1. Doxastic attitudes other than belief 11

2. Propositional attitudes other than doxastic attitudes 15

3. Nonpropositional objects of conscious attitudes 17

4. Conclusion: further questions 19

Chapter 3 Logic, Epistemology and Argument Appraisal 21

2. Appraising premisses 23

3. Suitability of inferential link 26

Chapter 4 The Relation of Argument to Inference 32

1. Arguments and inferences 32

2. Inference 39

3. Logical pragmatics, argumentation theory and the evaluation of inference 43

Chapter 5 Inconsistency, Rationality and Relativism 46

1. Why is inconsistency a fault? 46

2. How serious a fault is inconsistency? 49

3. When is it reasonable to tolerate inconsistency? 51

4. What about relativism? 54

Chapter 6 Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc 56

Chapter 7 Logic, Coherence and Psychology 64

Chapter 8 Logic, Coherence and Psychology Revisited 73

2. Understanding a domain as necessary background of any reasoning 74

3. Is the understanding of a domain susceptible of propositional or sentential representation? 75

4. Understanding, coherence and rationality 78

Chapter 9 Logical Form and the Link Between Premisses and Conclusion 81

2. Semantic entailments 85

3. Inductive inferences and Goodman's paradox 89

4. The effect of pragmatic considerations on the validity of inductive generalization 95

Chapter 10 Argument schemes and the Evaluation of Presumptive Reasoning 98

1. In what sense does presumptive reasoning/argument constitute a sui generis class? 98

2. Are there normative argument schemes? 100

Chapter 11 Presumption and Argument Schemes 105

1. Presumptive reasoning 105

2. Argument schemes 108

3. Do argument schemes have normative force? 109

4. What is the point of identifying argument schemes? 111

Chapter 12 Cognitive Science and the Future of Rational Criticism 113

1. Cognitive science at the extremes 113

2. What if the eliminativists are right? 117

Chapter 13 Logic, Dialectic and the Practice of Rational Criticism 126

2. The nature of the undertaking to which these papers are devoted 128

3. Revisiting "Dialectic and the Structure of Argument"

the role of dialectic 130

4. Revisiting "Dialectic and the Structure of Argument",

relativism 134.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index.

ISBN:

0792370058

OCLC:

46884185