Let me stake out the radical end: An argument is a communicative interaction focused on a disagreement. (Note that this does not imply it is necessarily verbal.) Michael > On Jun 12, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Laura Pinto <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > "arguments are invitations to inference" - RC Pinto, in http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/DL/publications/PU00010684.pdf <http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/DL/publications/PU00010684.pdf> > > Laura E. Pinto, PhD > Assistant Professor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology > Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto > From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] on behalf of Douglas Walton [[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 3:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: define argument > > An argument can be used to support (justify) a proposition or to support or attack another argument. > > Doug Walton > > To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: > https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTIyIGxhdXJhLnBpbnRvQFVUT1JPTlRPLkNBIEFJTEFDVEQtTOWVDNu9KQI0&c=SIGNOFF <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU_scripts_wa-2Dhc.exe-3FTICKET-3DNzM2NTIyIGxhdXJhLnBpbnRvQFVUT1JPTlRPLkNBIEFJTEFDVEQtTOWVDNu9KQI0-26c-3DSIGNOFF&d=DwMFAw&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=KTO-67piPlkvVwpkegE90CPhOOUVOHyNkd2ycJxraVlOjFMzr4s8w_Q89bvfLZgJ&m=YDS0dFTs8PGHG8SlNCIaElqLQqLo09PqXP0X_u6JS8c&s=M9qJ3H9coDeUa4MS7HzlrtgXdRcXfJL9urU6ujGERyA&e=> > To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: > https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTIyIGdpbGJlcnRAWU9SS1UuQ0EgQUlMQUNURC1MIE9FeAs4oItA&c=SIGNOFF <https://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTIyIGdpbGJlcnRAWU9SS1UuQ0EgQUlMQUNURC1MIE9FeAs4oItA&c=SIGNOFF> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: https://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa-hc.exe?SUBED1=AILACTD-L