Yes , Virginia , There is a Santa Claus
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The bulk of this paper is a finegrained critical analysis of a single argument. Such detailed treatment, unusual though it is in a journal article, is warranted for a number of reasons, I think . First, a clear understanding of the particular argument in question demands close attention. Different arguments can, and do, warrant different degrees, kinds, and depths of analysis, and the one under consideration here, as I hope to show, needs more than most . But the proof of that, of course, is in the reading . Second, the 'new wave' theorists[1] -yours truly among themrarely condescend to case studies, though their entire theoretical approach, whether formalisitc or non-formalistic, demands close attention to the details of everyday argumentation . 'New wavers,' in other words, have (in the main) not considered arguments oneby-one on their own merits, or tentatively theorized on the basis of data collected in the field but analyzed in the lab .[2] Rather, they have 'punked out,' followed their elders, and offered quick theories based on small samples of data-actual everyday argumentsthat have not been subjected to analysis . This paper, at least, offers a little lab work. Third, the argument under consideMarquette University
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