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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to challenge the idea that Toulmin’s main focus in The Uses of Argument is to critique formal deductive logic. I first try to challenge the argument that, on the basis of what Toulmin says about analytic arguments, it is impossible to determine exactly what they are. I will then attempt to determine the basic contours of analytic arguments. Finally, I will conclude that the concept of an analytic argument involves epistemological assumptions to which formal logicians are in no way committed by the nature of their discipline.
Keywords:
- analytic argument,
- deductive argument,
- Hamby,
- Toulmin
Résumé
Le but de cet article est de remettre en question l'idée que l'objectif principal de Toulmin dans The Uses of Argument est une critique de la logique déductive formelle. J'essaie d'abord de contester l'argument selon lequel, sur la base de ce que dit Toulmin à propos des arguments analytiques, il est impossible de déterminer exactement ce qu'ils sont. Je tenterai ensuite de déterminer les contours fondamentaux des arguments analytiques. Enfin, je conclurai que le concept d'argument analytique implique des suppositions épistémologiques auxquelles les logiciens formels ne sont nullement engagés par la nature de leur discipline.
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