On Arguments from Ignorance

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to give a good account of the argument from ignorance, with a presumptive argumentation scheme, and to raise issues on the work of Walton, the nature of abduction and the concept of epistemic closure. First, I offer a brief disambiguation of how the terms '...

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Main Author: Martin David Hinton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2018-06-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4697