Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability

Henry Prakken

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_11

Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability

Henry Prakken^*

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This paper proposes a classification of three aspects of argument strength based on philosophical insights, in particular Aristotle’s distinction between logic, dialectic and rhetoric. It is then argued that when developing or evaluating gradual accounts of argument strength it is essential to be explicit about which aspect of argument strength is modelled and about the adopted interpretation of the arguments and their relations in abstract or bipolar argumentation frameworks. The underlying aim is to encourage a principled development and evaluation of (principles for) gradual argumentation semantics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty
Subtitle of host publication	16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21–24, 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Jiřina Vejnarová, Nic Wilson
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	144-158
Number of pages	15
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-86772-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-86771-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_11
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12897 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Keywords

Argument strength
Computational argument
Graduality

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Prakken, H. (2021). Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability. In J. Vejnarová, & N. Wilson (Eds.), Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21–24, 2021, Proceedings (1 ed., pp. 144-158). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12897 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_11

Prakken, Henry. / Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability. Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21–24, 2021, Proceedings. editor / Jiřina Vejnarová ; Nic Wilson. 1. ed. Cham : Springer, 2021. pp. 144-158 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Prakken, H 2021, Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability. in J Vejnarová & N Wilson (eds), Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21–24, 2021, Proceedings. 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12897 LNAI, Springer, Cham, pp. 144-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_11

Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability. / Prakken, Henry.
Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21–24, 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Jiřina Vejnarová; Nic Wilson. 1. ed. Cham: Springer, 2021. p. 144-158 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12897 LNAI).

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Prakken H. Philosophical Reflections on Argument Strength and Gradual Acceptability. In Vejnarová J, Wilson N, editors, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21–24, 2021, Proceedings. 1 ed. Cham: Springer. 2021. p. 144-158. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_11

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