Appeals to Considerations

Appeals to Considerations

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Wellman’s “conduction” and Govier’s “conductive arguments” are best described as appeals to considerations. The considerations cited are features of a subject of interest, and the conclusion is the attribution to it of a supervenient status like a classification, an evaluation, a prescription or an...

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Main Author: David Hitchcock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2013-05-01
Series:Informal Logic
Online Access:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3894
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spelling doaj-5117583b9b2344c7b707e4f7a8f835162020-11-25T03:50:05ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25770824-25772013-05-0133219523710.22329/il.v33i2.38943180Appeals to ConsiderationsDavid Hitchcock0McMaster UniversityWellman’s “conduction” and Govier’s “conductive arguments” are best described as appeals to considerations. The considerations cited are features of a subject of interest, and the conclusion is the attribution to it of a supervenient status like a classification, an evaluation, a prescription or an interpretation. The conclusion may follow either conclusively or non-conclusively or not at all. Weighing the pros and cons is only one way of judging whether the conclusion follows. Further, the move from in-formation about the subject’s cited features to the attribution of a supervenient status is often but one moment in a more complex process.https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3894
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description Wellman’s “conduction” and Govier’s “conductive arguments” are best described as appeals to considerations. The considerations cited are features of a subject of interest, and the conclusion is the attribution to it of a supervenient status like a classification, an evaluation, a prescription or an interpretation. The conclusion may follow either conclusively or non-conclusively or not at all. Weighing the pros and cons is only one way of judging whether the conclusion follows. Further, the move from in-formation about the subject’s cited features to the attribution of a supervenient status is often but one moment in a more complex process.
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