Tier VI · Disputatio

Magisterial

2 lessons
Begin lesson 1

The apparatus of serious disputation. Modal logic and possible-worlds semantics, defeasible and non-monotonic reasoning, Walton’s argumentation schemes and their critical questions, pragma-dialectics, and the art of surfacing an unstated warrant in order to attack it.

Forthcoming. The units below are what this tier will cover. Most of the lessons are not written yet; the ones that are can be read.

Unit 1 · Modal Logic

    Unit 2 · Non-Classical Logics

      Unit 3 · Defeasible Reasoning

        Unit 4 · Argumentation Schemes

        1. Argumentation Schemes and Their Critical QuestionsNot started · 13 minBegin

        Unit 5 · Pragma-Dialectics

          Unit 6 · Presumption and Burden

          1. Presumption and the Burden of ProofNot started · 12 minBegin

          Unit 7 · Evidence and Underdetermination

            Unit 8 · Unstated Warrants

              Unit 9 · The Literature Review as Argument