Question-Begging and Cumulativeness in Dialectical Games

Abstract

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Computational Agents as a Test-Bed to Study the Philosophical Dialogue Model "DE": A Development of Mackenzie's DC

“…Therefore the statement is not under dispute and Chris is not begging the question in tum 103. This evidence is actually in line with Woods and Walton's (1982) argument that DC erroneously bans certain sequences of moves as question-begging. Mackenzie (1985;1990;1994) later amended DC, via the substitution in clause (iii) ofRCHALL of the requirement that the ground statement be "acceptable," in place of the requirement that it be "not under challenge".…”

“…However, there have been criticisms of certain dialogue rules provided by DC. For example, Woods and Walton (1982) and Walton (1984) argue that DC erroneously bans certain sequences of question begging, and Maudet and Moore (2001) argue that the rule RREPST A T may prevent one from answering questions in a preferred way. It is not clear whether there are more problems related to the set of rules, and the issue of whether DC can prevent all fallacious argument remains open.…”

Ideals of rationality in dialogic

“…They should not be borne. NOTES ' See for example: Barth and Krabbe 1982;Barth and Martens 1982;Barth 1985;Carlson 1983;Dascal 1985;Grice 1975;Hamblin 1971;Harrah 1963Harrah , 1984Harrah , 1985Harrah , 1986Hintikka 1962Hintikka , 1973Hintikka , 1974Hintikka , 1979Hintikka , 1981Krabbe 1982Krabbe , 1986Lorenz 1982;Lorenzen and Lorenz 1978;Mackenzie 1979;Parret 1980;Rescher 1977;Walton 1985;Woods and Walton 1978, 1982a, 1982b 2 See Woods and Walton 1982b, Chapter 6. 3 For example, games theory is driven by the concept of self-interest.…”

Formal dialectical systems and their uses in the study of argumentation

“…The second problem led to various further laboratory experiments (Mackenzie, 1979(Mackenzie, , 1984(Mackenzie, , 1990Woods &Walton 1982 we must forego to discuss. The main challenge was to let new rules block the fallacy without banning ways of arguing that are generally acceptable.…”