In:Exploring Dialogue: Selected essays on argumentation by Erik C. W. Krabbe with contributions by Jan Albert van Laar
Edited by Erik C.W. Krabbe and Jan Albert van Laar
[Argumentation in Context 23] 2026
► pp. 166–180
Chapter 10The pragmatics of deductive arguments
Published online: 5 June 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.23.10kra
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.23.10kra
Article outline
- 1.Do deductive arguments exist?
- 2.Two levels of evaluation?
- 3.Unexpressed premises
- 4.A philosophical example
- 5.Pragmatics
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