Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs
Bipolar argument graphs represent the structure of complex pro and contra arguments for one or more standpoints. In this article, ampliative and exclusionary principles of evaluating argument strength in bipolar acyclic argumentation graphs are laid out and compared to each other. Argument chains, l...
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| description | Bipolar argument graphs represent the structure of complex pro and contra arguments for one or more standpoints. In this article, ampliative and exclusionary principles of evaluating argument strength in bipolar acyclic argumentation graphs are laid out and compared to each other. Argument chains, linked arguments, link attackers and supporters, and convergent arguments are discussed. The strength of conductive arguments is also addressed but it is argued that more work on this type of argument is needed to properly distinguish argument strength from more general value-based components of such arguments. The overall conclusion of the article is that there is no justifiably unique solution to the problem of argument strength outside of a particular epistemological framework. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd7c106fc77549b4843954e92e262e0f2022-12-21T20:21:25ZengSciendoStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric0860-150X2199-60592018-09-01551316210.2478/slgr-2018-0027slgr-2018-0027Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation GraphsRast Erich0New University of Lisbon,Lisbon, PortugalBipolar argument graphs represent the structure of complex pro and contra arguments for one or more standpoints. In this article, ampliative and exclusionary principles of evaluating argument strength in bipolar acyclic argumentation graphs are laid out and compared to each other. Argument chains, linked arguments, link attackers and supporters, and convergent arguments are discussed. The strength of conductive arguments is also addressed but it is argued that more work on this type of argument is needed to properly distinguish argument strength from more general value-based components of such arguments. The overall conclusion of the article is that there is no justifiably unique solution to the problem of argument strength outside of a particular epistemological framework.https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0027argument structureconductive argumentconvergent argumentpossibility theoryargument visualization |
| spellingShingle | Rast Erich Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric argument structure conductive argument convergent argument possibility theory argument visualization |
| title | Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs |
| title_full | Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs |
| title_fullStr | Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs |
| title_short | Towards a Model of Argument Strength for Bipolar Argumentation Graphs |
| title_sort | towards a model of argument strength for bipolar argumentation graphs |
| topic | argument structure conductive argument convergent argument possibility theory argument visualization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0027 |
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