| Authors |
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| Publication date |
2015
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| Host editors |
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B. Garssen
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D. Godden
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G. Mitchell
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A.F. Snoeck Henkemans
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| Book title |
International Society for the Study of Argumentation: 8th International Conference on Argumentation: July 1-July 4, 2014, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| ISBN |
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| Event |
8th Conference on Argumentation of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation: ISSA 2014
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| Pages (from-to) |
1193-1201
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| Publisher |
Amsterdam: Sic Sat
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
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| Abstract |
The practice of constructing imaginary scenarios for the sake of argument is sometimes referred to as ‘thought experimentation.’ In this paper, I employ analytical tools from the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation in order to clarify two theoretical puzzles that have been formulated with respect to thought experimentation. I do so by analysing the place and function of argumentative moves that contain suppositions in their propositional content. Three such moves are distinguished: proposing suppositions, accepting suppositions and using suppositions.
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| Document type |
Conference contribution
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| Language |
English
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