Questions in argumentative dialogue

This paper aims to discuss a well-known concept from argumentation theory, namely the principle of charity. It will show that this principle, especially in its contemporary version as formulated by Donald Davidson, meets with some serious problems. Since we need the principle of charity in any kind of critical discussion, we propose the way of modifying it according to the presupponendum—the rule written in the sixteenth century by Ignatius Loyola. While also corresponding with pragma-dialectical rules, it also provides additional content. This will be termed the dialectical principle of charity, and it offers a few steps to be performed during an argument in order to make sure that the participants understand each other well and are not deceived by any cognitive bias. The meaning of these results could be of great significance for argumentation theory, pragma-dialectics and the practice of public discourse as it enhances the principle of charity and makes it easier to apply in argumentation.

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The Dialectical Principle of Charity: A Procedure for a Critical Discussion

Pruś

Sikora

2023

Argumentation

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Translational argument technology: Engineering a step change in the argument web

Lawrence

Visser

Reed

2023

Journal of Web Semantics

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Journalists’ questions during crisis

Hernández

2024

JAIC

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, various institutions held press conferences to inform the public about the situation. Journalists engaged in these events to obtain information and to scrutinize the appropriateness of authorities’ measures. Previous research has shown that journalists have become more adversarial towards politicians, but also that health crises make journalists more cooperative with authorities to help manage the situation. However, it remains unknown to what extent journalists retain their deliberative aim in press conferences where crises are addressed, and how their interventions as a whole shape discussions with authorities. A corpus of twenty-one press conferences held by seven institutions was annotated according to the argumentative moves of journalists. Results show that journalists displayed a wide array of argumentative moves, and the findings suggest that journalists incline towards retrieving information during crises, unless the situation gets intertwined with political turmoil.

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Questions in argumentative dialogue

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The Dialectical Principle of Charity: A Procedure for a Critical Discussion

The Dialectical Principle of Charity: A Procedure for a Critical Discussion

Translational argument technology: Engineering a step change in the argument web

Journalists’ questions during crisis

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