A Dialectical Profile for the Evaluation of Practical Arguments in Political Discourse
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Critical Discourse Analysis, Critical Rationalism, Critical Questions, Decision-Making, DeliberationAbstract
This paper proposes a dialectical profile of 7 questions attached to the practical argument scheme. The profile integrates deliberation about means and goals in a single recursive procedure; it also integrates the practical argument from goals and circumstances with the pragmatic argument from negative consequence. Critical questioning aims to test the reasonableness of one or more proposed courses of action, thus enhancing the rationality of decision-making in conditions of incomplete knowledge (uncertainty and risk).
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