{"pk":31692,"title":"Toward Formalizing Dialectical Argumentation","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We explore the use of argumentation for justifying\nclaims reached by plausible reasoning methods in\ndomains where knowledge is incomplete, uncertain, or\ninconsistent. We present elements of a formal theory\nof argumentation that includes two senses of\nargument, argument as supporting explanation and\nargument as dialectical process. W e describe a partial\nimplementation of the theory, a program that\ngenerates argument structures that organize relevant,\navailable, plausible support for both a claim and its\nnegation. Then we describe a theory of argument as\ndialectical process, where the format of a two-sided\nargument is used to intertwine the strengths and\nweaknesses of support for competing claims, so\narguments can be refuted and directly compared.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Submitted Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/795199cg","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"K.","middle_name":"","last_name":"Freeman","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Oregon","department":""},{"first_name":"A.","middle_name":"","last_name":"Farley","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Oregon","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1993-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/31692/galley/22760/download/"}]}