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Bootstrapping and Persuasive Argumentation.
- Source :
- Argumentation; Jun2024, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p225-246, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- That bootstrapping and Moorean reasoning fail to instantiate persuasive argumentation is an often informally presented but not systematically developed view. In this paper, I will argue that this unpersuasiveness is not determined by principles of justification transmission but by two straightforward principles of rationality, understood as a concept of internal coherence. First, it is rational for S to believe the conclusion of an argument because of the argument, only if S believes sufficiently many premises of the argument. Second, if S doubts that a source O is reliable and believes that information i is delivered by O, then S rationally suspends judgment about the truth of i. This paper aims to accomplish two tasks. First, it provides a thorough analysis of why bootstrapping argumentation is not an instance of rational persuasion. Second, it contains a more general theory about preconditions and limits of persuasive argumentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PERSUASION (Psychology)
ARGUMENT
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0920427X
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Argumentation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178560399
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-023-09627-4