Burden of proof, presumption and argumentation:

"The notion of burden of proof and its companion notion of presumption are central to argumentation studies. This book argues that we can learn a lot from how the courts have developed procedures over the years for allocating and reasoning with presumptions and burdens of proof, and from how ar...

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Main Author: Walton, Douglas N. 1942-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:"The notion of burden of proof and its companion notion of presumption are central to argumentation studies. This book argues that we can learn a lot from how the courts have developed procedures over the years for allocating and reasoning with presumptions and burdens of proof, and from how artificial intelligence has built precise formal and computational systems to represent this kind of reasoning. The book provides a model of reasoning with burden of proof and presumption, based on analyses of many clearly explained legal and non-legal examples. The model is shown to fit cases of everyday conversational argumentation as well as argumentation in legal cases. Burden of proof determines (1) under what conditions an arguer is obliged to support a claim with an argument that backs it up and (2) how strong that argument needs to be to prove the claim in question"..
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index
Physical Description:XI, 307 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:9781107046627
9781107678828

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