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Epistemic Normativity, Argumentation, and Fallacies

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In Biro and Siegel (1992) we argued that a theory of argumentation mustfully engage the normativity of judgments about arguments, and we developedsuch a theory. In this paper we further develop and defend our theory.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248054, Coral Gables, FL, 33124-4670, USA

    Harvey Siegel

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118545, Gainesville, FL, 32611-8545, USA

    John Biro

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Siegel, H., Biro, J. Epistemic Normativity, Argumentation, and Fallacies. Argumentation 11, 277–292 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007799325361

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