The Carneades model of argument invention

Walton, Douglas N.; Gordon, Thomas F.

doi:10.1075/pc.20.1.01wal

Article published In: Pragmatics & Cognition
Vol. 20:1 (2012) ► pp.1–31

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The Carneades model of argument invention

Douglas N. Walton | University of Windsor, Canada

Thomas F. Gordon | Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communications Systems (FOKUS), Berlin

Published online: 7 May 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.20.1.01wal

Argument invention is a method that can be used to help an arguer find arguments that could be used to prove a claim he needs to defend. The aim of this paper is to show how argumentation systems recently developed in artificial intelligence can be applied to the task of argument invention. One such system called Carneades is featured. Carneades can be used to analyze arguments, evaluate arguments, to make an argument diagram, and to construct arguments from a database. Using some simple examples, the paper explains how Carneades works as a system of argument invention.

Keywords: argumentation schemes, Argument construction, artificial intelligence, proof standards, finding an argument, argument visualization, rhetorical argumentation

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