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Legal Argumentation and Evidence Contributor(s): Walton, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0271058358 ISBN-13: 9780271058351 Publisher: Penn State University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Evidence - Philosophy | Methodology - Philosophy | Logic |
Dewey: 347.06 |
LCCN: 2001055956 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.28 lbs) 392 pages |
Features: Bibliography |
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Publisher Description: A leading expert in informal logic, Douglas Walton turns his attention in this new book to how reasoning operates in trials and other legal contexts, with special emphasis on the law of evidence. The new model he develops, drawing on methods of argumentation theory that are gaining wide acceptance in computing fields like artificial intelligence, can be used to identify, analyze, and evaluate specific types of legal argument. In contrast with approaches that rely on deductive and inductive logic and rule out many common types of argument as fallacious, Walton's aim is to provide a more expansive view of what can be considered reasonable in legal argument when it is construed as a dynamic, rule-governed, and goal-directed conversation. This dialogical model gives new meaning to the key notions of relevance and probative weight, with the latter analyzed in terms of pragmatic criteria for what constitutes plausible evidence rather than truth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walton, Douglas: - Douglas Walton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of four other books published by Penn State Press: The Place of Emotion in Argument (1992), Arguments from Ignorance (1995), Appeal to Expert Opinion (1997), and Appeal to Popular Opinion (1998). |
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