Witness Impeachment in Cross-Examination Using Ad Hominem Argumentation
This paper combines methods of argumentation theory and artificial intelligence to extend existing work on the dialectical structure of crossexamination. The existing method used conflict diagrams to search for inconsistent statements in the testimony of a witness. This paper extends the method by u...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-09-01
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| Series: | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0030 |
| Summary: | This paper combines methods of argumentation theory and artificial intelligence to extend existing work on the dialectical structure of crossexamination. The existing method used conflict diagrams to search for inconsistent statements in the testimony of a witness. This paper extends the method by using the inconsistency of commitments to draw an inference by the ad hominem argumentation scheme to the conclusion that the testimony is unreliable because of the bad ethical character for veracity of the witness. |
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| ISSN: | 0860-150X 2199-6059 |