By Gregor Betz
Is necessary argumentation a good way to beat confrontation? And does the trade of arguments deliver competitors in an issue toward the reality? This research presents a brand new standpoint on those pivotal questions. by way of multi-agent simulations, it investigates the reality and consensus-conduciveness of arguable debates. The e-book brings jointly study in formal epistemology and argumentation theory. Aside from its results for discursive perform, the paintings could have vital implications for philosophy of technological know-how and how we construe medical rationality to boot.
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