Functionalism, Normativity and the Concept of Argumentation

In her 2007 paper, “Argument Has No Function” Jean Goodwin takes exception with what she calls the “explicit function claims”, arguing that not only are function-based accounts of argumentation insufficiently motivated, but they fail to ground claims to normativity. In this paper I stake out the beg...

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Main Author: Steven W Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2011-03-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3013