Douglas Walton

Argumentation Schemes. History, Classifications, and Computational Applications

2017 · PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)

Argumentation schemes can be described as abstract structures representing the most generic types of argument, constituting the building blocks of the ones used in everyday reasoning. This paper investigates the structure, classification, and uses of …

Analogical Arguments in Persuasive and Deliberative Contexts

2018 · SSRN Electronic Journal

This paper uses argumentation tools such as argument diagrams and argumentation schemes to analyze three examples of argument from analogy, and argues that to evaluate these arguments adequately, it is necessary to take the context …