A Unitary Schema for Arguments by Analogy

Authors

  • Lilian Bermejo-Luque University of Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v32i1.3332

Keywords:

analogies, analogical argumentation, argument analysis, argument evaluation, deductive analogical argumentation, inductive analogical argumentation, linguistic-pragmatic normative models of argumentation, Toulmin’s model of argument

Abstract

Following a Toulmian account of argument analysis and evaluation, I offer a general unitary schema for, so called, deductive and inductive types of analogical arguments. This schema is able to explain why certain analogical arguments can be said to be deductive, and yet, also defeasible.

Author Biography

Lilian Bermejo-Luque, University of Granada

Research Fellow Department of Philosophy

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Published

2012-03-08

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2012)

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