<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Bipolar argument graphs represent the structure of complex pro and contra arguments for one or more standpoints. In this article, ampliative and exclusionary principles of evaluating argument strength in bipolar acyclic argumentation graphs are laid out and compared to each other. Argument chains, linked arguments, link attackers and supporters, and convergent arguments are discussed. The strength of conductive arguments is also addressed but it is argued that more work on this type of argument is needed to properly distinguish argument strength from more general value-based components of such arguments. The overall conclusion of the article is that there is no justifiably unique solution to the problem of argument strength outside of a particular epistemological framework.</p></abstract>

Bipolar argument graphs represent the structure of complex pro and contra arguments for one or more standpoints. In this article, ampliative and exclusionary principles of evaluating argument strength in bipolar acyclic argumentation graphs are laid out and compared to each other. Argument chains, linked arguments, link attackers and supporters, and convergent arguments are discussed. The strength of conductive arguments is also addressed but it is argued that more work on this type of argument is needed to properly distinguish argument strength from more general value-based components of such arguments. The overall conclusion of the article is that there is no justifiably unique solution to the problem of argument strength outside of a particular epistemological framework.

Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Bipolar argument graphs represent the structure of complex pro and contra arguments for one or more standpoints. In this article, ampliative and exclusionary...

Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs

Publié en ligne: 06 déc. 2018

Pages: 31 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0027

Mots clés
argument structure, conductive argument, convergent argument, possibility theory, argument visualization

© 2018 Erich Rast, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs

Publié en ligne: 06 déc. 2018

Pages: 31 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0027

Mots clésargument structure, conductive argument, convergent argument, possibility theory, argument visualization

© 2018 Erich Rast, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
argument structure, conductive argument, convergent argument, possibility theory, argument visualization