Logic and Parables:Do These Narratives Provide Arguments?

Informal Logic

Lowell Ayers¹  Trudy Govier² 

[1] Univerity of Lethbridge;University of Lethbridge, AB;

关键词: analogy;    argument;    conclusion;    instantiation;    message;    narrative;   

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【 摘 要 】

We explore the relationship between argument and narrative with reference to parables. Parables are typically thought to convey a message. In examining a parable, we can ask what that message is, whether the story told provides reasons for the message, and whether those reasons are good reasons.In exploring these questions, we employ as an inves-tigative technique the strategy of reconstructing parables as argu-ments. We then proceed to con-sider the cogency of those argu-ments. One can offer arguments through narratives and, in particu-lar, through parables, but that do-ing so likely brings more risks than benefits, from an epistemic point of view.

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