Epistemic Normativity, Argumentation, and Fallacies

@article{Siegel1995EpistemicNA,
  title={Epistemic Normativity, Argumentation, and Fallacies},
  author={Harvey Siegel and John Biro},
  journal={Argumentation},
  year={1995},
  volume={11},
  pages={277-292}
}
In Biro and Siegel (1992) we argued that a theory of argumentation mustfully engage the normativity of judgments about arguments, and we developedsuch a theory. In this paper we further develop and defend our theory. 
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