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(2014) The concept of argument, Dordrecht, Springer.

Basic operations

Harald R. Wohlrapp

pp. 127-173

Three basic operations for the analysis of argumentative practice are distinguished: affirming, justifying, and criticizing (objecting). These are explained and illustrated in detail, and figures of justifications and objections (fallacies) are examined. A discussion of the completeness of this system of three operations shows that any other operation in argumentation can be reduced to them and that the three operations are necessary for a proper model of argumentative practice (i.e. that both fallibilism and justificationism are insufficient, the former disregarding justification and the latter criticism).

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8762-8_4

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Wohlrapp, H. R. (2014). Basic operations, in The concept of argument, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 127-173.

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