Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage
Freeman’s syntactic criterion for linked argument structure (Freeman 2011) is often readily applicable, captures intuitively linked structures, and implies that refuting a single premiss of a linked argument suffices to refute the argument. But one cannot sharply separate analysis from inference eva...
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| description | Freeman’s syntactic criterion for linked argument structure (Freeman 2011) is often readily applicable, captures intuitively linked structures, and implies that refuting a single premiss of a linked argument suffices to refute the argument. But one cannot sharply separate analysis from inference evaluation in applying it, whether an argument satisfies it can be uncertain, it under-generates cases where refuting one premiss suffices to refute an argument, some arguments satisfying it can be easily rescued if a single premiss is refuted, and Freeman’s underlying account of probative relevance is dubious. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7d611b1cb6c4977bb68595ad5a5f0e92022-12-22T03:44:24ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25770824-25772015-03-0135113110.22329/il.v35i1.42343393Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for LinkageDavid Hitchcock0McMaster UniversityFreeman’s syntactic criterion for linked argument structure (Freeman 2011) is often readily applicable, captures intuitively linked structures, and implies that refuting a single premiss of a linked argument suffices to refute the argument. But one cannot sharply separate analysis from inference evaluation in applying it, whether an argument satisfies it can be uncertain, it under-generates cases where refuting one premiss suffices to refute an argument, some arguments satisfying it can be easily rescued if a single premiss is refuted, and Freeman’s underlying account of probative relevance is dubious.https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4234argument structure, convergence, James B. Freeman, linkage, refutation, Stephen N. Thomas |
| spellingShingle | David Hitchcock Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage Informal Logic argument structure, convergence, James B. Freeman, linkage, refutation, Stephen N. Thomas |
| title | Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage |
| title_full | Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage |
| title_fullStr | Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage |
| title_short | Freeman's Syntactic Criterion for Linkage |
| title_sort | freeman s syntactic criterion for linkage |
| topic | argument structure, convergence, James B. Freeman, linkage, refutation, Stephen N. Thomas |
| url | https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/4234 |
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