Rules for Plausible Reasoning

Authors

  • Douglas Walton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v14i1.2524

Keywords:

plausible reasoning, confidence factors, presumption, argument, linked arguments, convergent arguments, argumentation

Abstract

This article evaluates whether Rescher's rules for plausible reasoning or other rules used in artificial intelligence for "confidence factors" can be extended to deal with arguments where the linked-convergent distinction is important.

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Published

1992-01-01

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (1992)

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