{"title":"The Recursive Argument Structure Reconsidered","authors":"Shiyang Yu","doi":"10.1007/s10503-026-09699-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In a recent paper published in <i>Argumentation</i>, Pyon (2025) argues that there exists a new kind of argument structure that is “ubiquitous” yet cannot be classified within the existing typology of argument structures. Given the relatively stable status of types of argument structure, the genuine discovery of a new structure would constitute a highly innovative contribution. This paper, however, argues that it is not new, insofar as both pragma-dialectics and informal logic can already accommodate it within their existing frameworks. I further clarify the pragma-dialectical view on argumentation structure, which differs from the informal logical approach primarily in its emphasis on descriptive rather than normative considerations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46219,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation","volume":"40 2","pages":"321 - 337"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Argumentation","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10503-026-09699-y","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In a recent paper published in Argumentation, Pyon (2025) argues that there exists a new kind of argument structure that is “ubiquitous” yet cannot be classified within the existing typology of argument structures. Given the relatively stable status of types of argument structure, the genuine discovery of a new structure would constitute a highly innovative contribution. This paper, however, argues that it is not new, insofar as both pragma-dialectics and informal logic can already accommodate it within their existing frameworks. I further clarify the pragma-dialectical view on argumentation structure, which differs from the informal logical approach primarily in its emphasis on descriptive rather than normative considerations.
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Argumentation is an international and interdisciplinary journal. Its aim is to gather academic contributions from a wide range of scholarly backgrounds and approaches to reasoning, natural inference and persuasion: communication, rhetoric (classical and modern), linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, psychology, philosophy, logic (formal and informal), critical thinking, history and law. Its scope includes a diversity of interests, varying from philosophical, theoretical and analytical to empirical and practical topics. Argumentation publishes papers, book reviews, a yearly bibliography, and announcements of conferences and seminars.To be considered for publication in the journal, a paper must satisfy all of these criteria:1. Report research that is within the journals’ scope: concentrating on argumentation 2. Pose a clear and relevant research question 3. Make a contribution to the literature that connects with the state of the art in the field of argumentation theory 4. Be sound in methodology and analysis 5. Provide appropriate evidence and argumentation for the conclusions 6. Be presented in a clear and intelligible fashion in standard English
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