2012
DOI: 10.22329/il.v32i1.3351
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The Epistemic Inferiority of Pragma-Dialectics – Reply to Botting

Abstract: Abstract:In a recent paper in this journal, David Botting defended pragma-dialectics against epistemological criticisms by exponents of the epistemological approach to argumentation, i.e., Harvey Siegel, John Biro and me. In particular, Botting tries to justify with new arguments a Functional Claim, that the function of argumentation is to resolve disputes, and a Normative Claim, that standpoints that have the unqualified consensus of all participants in a dispute will generally be epistemically sound. In this… Show more

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“…This position favors the critical bias mentioned before. Such deep-seated philosophical inclinations have a clear bearing on theorizing dialectic today (see discussions between Biro & Siegel 2008;Botting 2010;Garssen & van Laar 2010;Lumer 2012) and in the past, at least ever since the Socratic-Platonic notion of dialectical method merged the maieutic element of discovering truth with the critical elenchus (e.g., Spranzi 2011).…”
Section: Charity and Dialecticmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This position favors the critical bias mentioned before. Such deep-seated philosophical inclinations have a clear bearing on theorizing dialectic today (see discussions between Biro & Siegel 2008;Botting 2010;Garssen & van Laar 2010;Lumer 2012) and in the past, at least ever since the Socratic-Platonic notion of dialectical method merged the maieutic element of discovering truth with the critical elenchus (e.g., Spranzi 2011).…”
Section: Charity and Dialecticmentioning
confidence: 99%