Abstract
This paper formally studies a notion of dialectical argument strength in terms of the number of ways in which an argument can be successfully attacked in expansions of an abstract argumentation framework. The proposed model is abstract but its design is motivated by the wish to avoid overly limiting assumptions that may not hold in particular dialogue contexts or in particular structured accounts of argumentation. It is shown that most principles for gradual argument acceptability proposed in the literature fail to hold for the proposed notion of dialectical strength, which clarifies their rational foundations and highlights the importance of distinguishing between logical, dialectical and rhetorical argument strength.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Computational Models of Argument. Proceedings of COMMA 2022 |
| Editors | Francesca Toni, Sylwia Polberg, Richard Booth, Martin Caminada, Hiroyuki Kido |
| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Pages | 296-307 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Volume | 353 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-64368-307-2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-64368-306-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Sept 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications |
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| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Volume | 353 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0922-6389 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8314 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Dialectical argument strength
- Structure of arguments
- Nature of attack