TY - BOOK ID - 85643246 TI - Methods of argumentation PY - 2013 SN - 1107424968 1139600184 1107039304 1107677335 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Reasoning. KW - Argumentation KW - Ratiocination KW - Reason KW - Thought and thinking KW - Judgment (Logic) KW - Logic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85643246 AB - Argumentation, which can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion, is an important skill to learn for everyday life, law, science, politics and business. The best way to learn it is to try it out on real instances of arguments found in everyday conversational exchanges and legal argumentation. The introductory chapter of this book gives a clear general idea of what the methods of argumentation are and how they work as tools that can be used to analyze arguments. Each subsequent chapter then applies these methods to a leading problem of argumentation. Today the field of computing has embraced argumentation as a paradigm for research in artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems. Another purpose of this book is to present and refine tools and techniques from computing as components of the methods that can be handily used by scholars in other fields. ER -