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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. 209–235

Chapter 13
The burden of criticism

Consequences of taking a critical stance

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Ways of criticism
  • 3.Degrees of directiveness
  • 4.Urging for more directiveness
    • 4.1Modes of the opponent’s prior commitment to a challenged statement
    • 4.2The proponent’s countercriticisms against tenability criticism
    • 4.3The dialectic of tenability criticism
    • 4.4The dialectic of connection criticism
  • 5.Fallacies
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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