Investigating the Shared Background Required for Argument: A Critique of Fogelin’s Thesis on Deep Disagreement

Investigating the Shared Background Required for Argument: A Critique of Fogelin’s Thesis on Deep Disagreement

Robert Fogelin claims that interlocutors must share a framework of background beliefs and commitments in order to fruitfully pursue argument. I refute Fogelin’s claim by investigating more thoroughly the shared background required for productive argument. I find that this background consists not in...

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Main Author: Dana Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2008-06-01
Series:Informal Logic
Subjects:
deep disagreement
Fogelin
framework propositions
background beliefs
common ground
cultural distance
Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/541

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