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In:Exploring Dialogue: Selected essays on argumentation by Erik C. W. Krabbe with contributions by Jan Albert van Laar
Edited by Erik C.W. Krabbe and Jan Albert van Laar
[Argumentation in Context 23] 2026
► pp. 124–141

Chapter 7
The problem of retraction in critical discussion

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Article outline
  • 1.The problem
  • 2.Ingredients for a solution
  • 3.A survey of commitment types and constraints on retraction
    • 3.1Assertions
    • 3.2Concessions
      • 3.2.1Presumptions
      • 3.2.2Fixed concessions
      • 3.2.3Free concessions
  • 4.On how to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
  • Notes
  • References
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