Rational Interpretation of Numerical Quantity in Argumentative Contexts
Numerical descriptions furnish us with an apparently precise and objective way of summarising complex datasets. In practice, the issue is less clear-cut, partly because the use of numerical expressions in natural language invites inferences that go beyond their mathematical meaning, and consequently...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Communication |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.662027/full |