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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