Argument, Inference and Dialectic

Download or read book Argument, Inference and Dialectic written by Robert Pinto and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-05-31 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 12 papers addressed to researchers and advanced students in informal logic and related fields, such as argumentation, formal logic, and communications. Among the issues discussed are attempts to rethink the nature of argument and of inference, the role of dialectical context, and the standards for evaluating inferences, and to shed light on the interfaces between informal logic and argumentation theory, rhetoric, formal logic and cognitive psychology.