Towards an experimental account of argumentation: the case of the slippery slope and the ad hominem arguments

Towards an experimental account of argumentation: the case of the slippery slope and the ad hominem arguments

Argumentation is a crucial component of our lives. Although in the absence of rational debate our legal, political, and scientific systems would not be possible, there is still no integrated area of research on the psychology of argumentation. Furthermore, classical theories of argumentation are nor...

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Main Authors: Marco eLillo-Unglaube, Andres eCanales-Johnson, Gorka eNavarrete, Claudio eFuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Bayesian Models
similarity judgment
Argumentation Theory
slippery slope argument
ad hominem argument
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01420/full

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