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In:Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
[Argumentation in Context 17] 2019
► pp. 299–320

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Chapter 16
On philosophical argumentation

Towards a pragma-dialectical solution of a puzzle

 | University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Published online: 23 September 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.17.16lea
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The pragma-dialectic concept of a disagreement
  • 3.First example: Dante, Aristotle, and others
  • 4.A few contemporary examples
  • 5.The proposed solution to the puzzle
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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