How Computational Tools Can Help Rhetoric and Informal Logic With Argument Invention

Argumentation, 2018

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Douglas Walton

University of Windsor

Thomas F. Gordon

University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP

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Date Written: January 9, 2016

Abstract

This paper compares the features and methods of the two leading implemented systems that offer a tool for helping a user to find or invent arguments to support or attack a designated conclusion, the Carneades Argumentation System and the IBM Watson Debater tool. The central aim is to contribute to the understanding of scholars in informal logic, rhetoric and argumentation on how these two software systems can be useful for them. One contribution of the paper is to explain to these potential users how the two tools are applicable to the task of inventing arguments by using some simple illustrative examples. Another is to redefine the structure of argument invention as a procedure.

Keywords: rhetorical invention, artificial intelligence, argument mining, computational linguistics

Suggested Citation

Walton, Douglas and Gordon, Thomas F., How Computational Tools Can Help Rhetoric and Informal Logic With Argument Invention (January 9, 2016). Argumentation, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3312942

Douglas Walton (Contact Author)

University of Windsor ( email )

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Thomas F. Gordon

University of Potsdam - BIEM-CEIP ( email )

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Potsdam, DE 14482
Germany

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