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3Burdens of ProposingInformal Logic 44 (1): 291-342. 2022.This paper considers the probative burdens of proposing action or policy options in deliberation dialogues. Do proposers bear a burden of proof? Building on pioneering work by Douglas Walton (2010), and following on a growing literature within computer science, the prevailing answer seems to be “No.” Instead, only recommenders—agents who put forward an option as the one to be taken—bear a burden of proof. Against this view, we contend that proposers have burdens of proof with respect to their pr…Read more
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17Thou Shalt Not Squander Life – Comparing Five Approaches to Argument StrengthStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric 68 (1): 133-167. 2023.Different approaches analyze the strength of a natural language argument in different ways. This paper contrasts the dialectical, structural, probabilistic (or Bayesian), computational, and empirical approaches by exemplarily applying them to a single argumentative text (Epicureans on Squandering Life; Aikin & Talisse, 2019). Rather than pitching these approaches against one another, our main goal is to show the room for fruitful interaction. Our focus is on a dialectical analysis of the squande…Read more
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18A domain specific language for describing diverse systems of dialogueJournal of Applied Logic 10 (4): 309-329. 2012.
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10Burdens of ProposingInformal Logic 43 (4): 291-342. 2022.This paper considers the probative burdens of proposing action or policy options in deliberation dialogues. Do proposers bear a burden of proof? Building on pioneering work by Douglas Walton (2010), and following on a growing literature within computer science, the prevailing answer seems to be “No.” Instead, only recommenders—agents who put forward an option as the one to be taken—bear a burden of proof. Against this view, we contend that proposers have burdens of proof with respect to their pr…Read more
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13Burdens of ProposingInformal Logic 43 (4): 291-342. 2022.This paper considers the probative burdens of proposing action or policy options in deliberation dialogues. Do proposers bear a burden of proof? Building on pioneering work by Douglas Walton (2010), and following on a growing literature within computer science, the prevailing answer seems to be “No.” Instead, only recommenders—agents who put forward an option as the one to be taken—bear a burden of proof. Against this view, we contend that proposers have burdens of proof with respect to their pr…Read more
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29Supporting Argumentation Schemes in Argumentative Dialogue GamesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric 36 (1): 171-191. 2014.This paper reports preliminary work into the exploitation of argumentation schemes within dialogue games. We identify a property of dialogue games that we call “scheme awareness” that captures the relationship between dialogue game systems and argumentation schemes. Scheme awareness is used to examine the ways in which existing dialogue games utilise argumentation schemes and consequently the degree with which a dialogue game can be used to construct argument structures. The aim is to develop a …Read more
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University of EdinburghUndergraduate
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Law |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |