Argumentation: Reasoning Universalis

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Reasoning,, argumentation, Aristotle

Abstract

Can argumentation form the basis for any form of reasoning, informal or formal logical reasoning? We examine this question from the particular perspective of the recent developments in logic-based Artificial Intelligence (AI). We propose that argumentation provides the wider framework encompassing uniformly all reasoning, with strict or formal logical reasoning being a special boundary case. We also attempt to link this unifying role of argumentation with Aristotle’s original investigation of methods and formalisms for the systematic study of human reasoning. Reasoning, argumentation, Aristotle. Logic is traditionally separated into two forms: Formal Logic at the foundations of Mathematics and as the study of human reasoning at large. These two forms of logic are generally considered to be very different. Yet they are both concerned with understanding the nature of human thought and, in fact, they share the same roots in Aristotle’s work.

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2022-03-20