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020 _a9781107039308 (hardback)
020 _a1107039304 (hardback)
020 _a9781107677333 (paperback)
020 _a1107677335 (paperback)
082 0 0 _a164.031
_bWAL
100 1 _aWalton, Douglas N.
245 1 0 _aMethods of argumentation
260 _aNew York:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axii, 308 pages ;
520 _a"Argumentation, which can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion, is an important skill to learn for everyday life, law, science, politics and business. The best way to learn it is to try it out on real instances of arguments found in everyday conversational exchanges and legal argumentation. The introductory chapter of this book gives a clear general idea of what the methods of argumentation are and how they work as tools that can be used to analyze arguments. Each subsequent chapter then applies these methods to a leading problem of argumentation. Today the field of computing has embraced argumentation as a paradigm for research in artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems. Another purpose of this book is to present and refine tools and techniques from computing as components of the methods that can be handily used by scholars in other fields"--
650 0 _aReasoning.
650 7 _aMATHEMATICS / Logic.
650 7 _aEnthymemes
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