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- Argues that the use of argumentation tools and methods requires a new approach to their applications in diverse settings
- Presents a synthesis of complex work on AI with applications of argumentation structures to real examples
- Illustrates how evidence is used in pro and contra ways in everyday argumentation
- Is written in a clear and simple way that will appeal to experts and non-experts
Part of the book series: Law, Governance and Technology Series (LGTS, volume 23)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This monograph poses a series of key problems of evidential reasoning and argumentation. It then offers solutions achieved by applying recently developed computational models of argumentation made available in artificial intelligence. Each problem is posed in such a way that the solution is easily understood. The book progresses from confronting these problems and offering solutions to them, building a useful general method for evaluating arguments along the way. It provides a hands-on survey explaining to the reader how to use current argumentation methods and concepts that are increasingly being implemented in more precise ways for the application of software tools in computational argumentation systems. It shows how the use of these tools and methods requires a new approach to the concepts of knowledge and explanation suitable for diverse settings, such as issues of public safety and health, debate, legal argumentation, forensic evidence, science education, and the use of expertopinion evidence in personal and public deliberations.
Keywords
- Abductive Reasoning
- Antiphon Case
- Argument and Evidence with Explanation
- Burdens of Proof
- Carneades Argumentation System
- Case of the Disappearing Captain
- Components of an Explanation Dialogue
- Computational Systems for Modeling Arguments
- Darwin’s Finch
- Dialogue System for Explanation
- Evaluation and Evidence
- Evidence and Knowledge
- Inference to the Best Explanation
- Matching Critical Questions
- Probability and Evidence
- Scarlet Case
- Shift to Examination Dialogue
Reviews
“The book is an easy-to-follow manuscript, employing simple and clear language suitable for both experts and nonexperts. … It is a good resource for those practitioners interested in the explanations of knowledge and conflicting evidence occurring in domains such as public safety, health, debate, science education, and legal argumentation.” (Luca Longo, Computing Reviews, February, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric (CRRAR), University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Douglas Walton
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Argument Evaluation and Evidence
Authors: Douglas Walton
Series Title: Law, Governance and Technology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19626-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19625-1Published: 13 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36755-2Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19626-8Published: 04 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2352-1902
Series E-ISSN: 2352-1910
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 286
Number of Illustrations: 71 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Law, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, Semantics, Educational Philosophy