Michel Dufour
List of John Benjamins publications in which Michel Dufour is involved.
Articles
2017 Chapter 1. Uncontroversial arguments Argumentation across Communities of Practice: Multi-disciplinary perspectives, Ilie, Cornelia and Giuliana Garzone (eds.), pp. 21–38 | Chapter
Most contemporary argumentation theories stress the pragmatic and interactive aspects of argument. Some even claim that any argument takes place in a dialectical and/or dialogical context, based on a preliminary disagreement. Hence all arguments could be said to be controversial. I propose a… read more
2014 Explanation as a certainty marker in persuasive dialogue Certainty-uncertainty – and the Attitudinal Space in Between, Cantarini, Sibilla, Werner Abraham and Elisabeth Leiss (eds.), pp. 83–95 | Article
When an explanation can be seen as an answer to a why-question it can be formally mistaken for an argument. Hence, a pragmatic criterion based on the certainty of its conclusion is often used to distinguish them. But, as shown by Hempel’s influential theory of scientific explanation, this… read more