Elements of Argumentation
Philippe Besnard and Anthony Hunter
Abstract
Logic-based formalizations of argumentation, which assume a set of formulae and then lay out arguments and counterarguments that can be obtained from these formulae, have been refined in recent years in an attempt to capture more closely real-world practical argumentation. This book introduces techniques for formalizing deductive argumentation in artificial intelligence, emphasizing emerging formalizations for practical argumentation. It discusses how arguments can be constructed, how key intrinsic and extrinsic factors can be identified, and how these analyses can be harnessed for formalizing ... More
Logic-based formalizations of argumentation, which assume a set of formulae and then lay out arguments and counterarguments that can be obtained from these formulae, have been refined in recent years in an attempt to capture more closely real-world practical argumentation. This book introduces techniques for formalizing deductive argumentation in artificial intelligence, emphasizing emerging formalizations for practical argumentation. It discusses how arguments can be constructed, how key intrinsic and extrinsic factors can be identified, and how these analyses can be harnessed for formalizing argumentation for use in real-world problem analysis and decision making. The book focuses on a monological approach to argumentation, in which there is a set of possibly conflicting pieces of information (each represented by a formula) that has been collated by an agent or a pool of agents. The role of argumentation is to construct a collection of arguments and counterarguments pertaining to some particular claim of interest to be used for analysis or presentation. The book elucidates and formalizes key elements of deductive argumentation.
Keywords:
logic-based formalizations,
formulae,
practical argumentation,
formalizing argumentation,
artificial intelligence,
emerging formalizations,
problem analysis,
decision making,
arguments,
counterarguments
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2008 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780262026437 |
| Published to MIT Press Scholarship Online: August 2013 |
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262026437.001.0001 |
