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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. 269–287

Chapter 15
Topical roots of formal dialectic

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Ancient academic dialectic
  • 3.Critical discussion
  • 4.A Hamblin-type system: Walton’s CB
  • 5.A Lorenzen-type system: LG
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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