An Epistemological Theory of Argumentation for Adversarial Legal Proceedings
The rhetorical view (R) suggests that the goal of factual ar- gumentation in legal proceedings is to persuade the fact-finder about the facts under litigation. However, R does not capture our social expecta- tions: we want fact-finders to know the facts justifying their decisions, and persuasion doe...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Windsor
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Informal Logic |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4720 |