Argument Explanation Complementarity and the Structure of Informal Reasoning

Informal Logic

卷:30

Gregory Randolph Mayes¹ 

[1] California State University Sacramento;

关键词: Keywords;    argument;    evidence;    explanation;    cause;    complementarity;   

DOI  :  10.22329/il.v30i1.419

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract:Argument and explanation are distinct forms of reasoning with an underappreciated complementary relationship.In this essay I define these terms precisely, identify the mischief that results from conflating them, elucidate their complementary relationship and employ this relationship to provide a fruitful approach to analyzing the logical structure of the common editorial.Keywords:argument, evidence, explanation, cause, complementarity, editorial.

【 授权许可】

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