Статья представляет очередной, но не последний этап исследования аргументации с формальной точки зрения. Обсуждается тема оценки аргументации, при этом я фокусирую внимание на оценке именно аргументативных рассуждений. Во введении дается краткая характеристика рассуждений, уточняется их спеицифика и устанавливается преемственность предыдущей работой по этой теме. В первом разделе рассматриваютс...

Abstract This paper proposes a framework for representing in Bayesian terms the idea that analogical arguments of various degrees strength may provide inductive support to yet untested scientific hypotheses. On this account, contextual information plays crucial role determining whether, and what extent, given similarity or dissimilarity between source target confirm an empirical hypothesis over...

Predictions about the future and unrestricted universal generalizations are never logically implied by our observational evidence, which is limited to particular facts in the present and past. Nevertheless, propositions of these and other kinds are often said to be confirmed by observational evidence. A natural place to begin the study of confirmation theory is to consider what it means to say ...

• Elaborate and build upon a growing body of sociological knowledge concerned with cultural resistance and oppositional cultures • Emphasise the significance of human agency in mediating progressive social change • Analyse the innovative ways in which subordinated minority social groups, in this case indigenous Australians, negotiate ‘bi-culturality’, that is, the interface between indigenous c...