Asking someone, "So, what do you think?" Is an invitation to inference. It clearly is not an argument. Such invitations solicit speculation and opinions in addition to arguments and observations.

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On Jun 12, 2017, at 3:19 PM, Laura Pinto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

"arguments are invitations to inference" - RC Pinto, in 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]] on behalf of Douglas Walton [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 3:11 PM
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Subject: define argument

An argument can be used to support (justify) a proposition or to support or attack another argument.

Doug Walton

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