Burden of proof, presumption and argumentation / Douglas Walton, University of Windsor, Canada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, Douglas N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burden of proof.

Proof theory.

Physical Description:

xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"The notion of burden of proof and its companion notion of presumption are central to argumentation studies. This book argues that we can learn a lot from how the courts have developed procedures over the years for allocating and reasoning with presumptions and burdens of proof, and from how artificial intelligence has built precise formal and computational systems to represent this kind of reasoning. The book provides a model of reasoning with burden of proof and presumption, based on analyses of many clearly explained legal and non-legal examples. The model is shown to fit cases of everyday conversational argumentation as well as argumentation in legal cases. Burden of proof determines (1) under what conditions an arguer is obliged to support a claim with an argument that backs it up and (2) how strong that argument needs to be to prove the claim in question"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to basic concepts and methods; 2. Burdens of proof in legal reasoning; 3. Presumption in legal reasoning; 4. Shifting of the burden of proof in witness testimony; 5. Burden of proof in dialogue systems; 6. Solving the problems of burden of proof; 7. Burdens of proof in different types of dialogue; 8. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.

ISBN:

9781107046627

1107046629

9781107678828

110767882X

OCLC:

879034022

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