Abstract

Numerous informal logicians and argumentation theorists restrict their theorizing to what they call “real” arguments. But is there a clear distinction to be made between “real” and “non-real” arguments? Here I explore four possible accounts of the alleged distinction and argue that none can serve the theoretical uses to which the distinction is most often put.

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Article

Publication Date

2009

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Copyright © 2009, Informal Logic. This article first appeared in Informal Logic: 29:1 (2009), 1-14.

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