Location
University of Windsor
Document Type
Paper
Keywords
Jonathan Adler, argument, balance of considerations, conduction, counter-considerations, defeasibility, detachment
Start Date
22-5-2013 9:00 AM
End Date
25-5-2013 5:00 PM
Abstract
In “Are conductive arguments possible?” Jonathan Adler argued that conductive argu-ments (those balancing considerations for a claim, C, against counter-considerations against C) are not possible because they are committed to two incompatible propositions: (I) C is reached without nullifying the counter-considerations; (II) C is accepted is true, which issues in belief, so C is detached from these premises. This paper offers an analysis and an assessment of Adler’s case for his thesis.
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Yun Xie and Min Ghui Xiong, Commentary on: J. Anthony Blair's "Are conductive arguments really not possible?"
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Yun Xie and Min Ghui Xiong, Commentary on: J. Anthony Blair's "Are conductive arguments really not possible?" (May 2013)
Are conductive arguments really not possible?
University of Windsor
In “Are conductive arguments possible?” Jonathan Adler argued that conductive argu-ments (those balancing considerations for a claim, C, against counter-considerations against C) are not possible because they are committed to two incompatible propositions: (I) C is reached without nullifying the counter-considerations; (II) C is accepted is true, which issues in belief, so C is detached from these premises. This paper offers an analysis and an assessment of Adler’s case for his thesis.
