The Role of Trust in Argumentation

IF 0.9 3区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Informal Logic Pub Date : 2020-07-06 DOI:10.22329/il.v40i2.6328

C. Novaes

引用次数: 17

Abstract

Argumentation is important for sharing knowledge and information. Given that the receiver of an argument purportedly engages first and foremost with its content, one might expect trust to play a negligible epistemic role, as opposed to its crucial role in testimony. I argue on the contrary that trust plays a fundamental role in argumentative engagement. I present a realistic social epistemological account of argumentation inspired by social exchange theory. Here, argumentation is a form of epistemic exchange. I illustrate my argument with two real-life examples: vaccination hesitancy, and the undermining of the credibility of traditional sources of information by authoritarian politicians.

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信任在论证中的作用

论证对于分享知识和信息很重要。假设一个论点的接受者据称首先与它的内容接触，人们可能会期望信任扮演一个微不足道的认知角色，而不是它在证词中的关键角色。相反，我认为信任在辩论中起着根本作用。在社会交换理论的启发下，我提出了一种现实的社会认识论论证。在这里，论证是一种知识交换的形式。我用两个现实生活中的例子来说明我的论点:接种疫苗的犹豫，以及专制政治家对传统信息来源可信度的破坏。

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Informal Logic PHILOSOPHY-

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1.50

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： Informal Logic publishes articles that advance the dialectic in reasoning and argumentation theory and practice. Primary criteria for the acceptance of articles with a theoretical focus or interest are: (1) the article advances the dialectic or constitutes an interesting comment on it: it presents a cogent argument, objection, interpretation or position that is an advance in relation to the background of issues and controversies on the topic; or it casts the issue addressed in a new and worthwhile light; and (2) the article makes explicit reference to the pertinent literature on its topic, and it discharges the burden of proof imposed by that scholarship. Primary criteria for acceptance of articles devoted to the teaching of informal logic, critical thinking or argumentation include: originality; utility; timeliness; and evidence of the effectiveness of the methods, materials, technologies, etc., proposed. The standard criteria for scholarly publication—topical fit with the subjects covered in the journal; adequacy of coverage to the issue addressed; clarity, organization and literateness of the prose; conceptual clarity and cogency of argumentation—apply ceteris paribus to the selection of all articles, notes and reviews.