The Irrelevance Of Relevance

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  • DAVID BOTTING
  • David Botting
چکیده

The lack of a theory of relevance in the current state of the art of informal logic has often been considered regrettable, a gap that must be filled before the RelevanceSufficiency-Acceptability model can be considered complete. I wish to challenge this view. A theory of relevance is neither desirable nor possible. Informal logic has got by perfectly well with relevance judgments that are unanalysed and can get by equally well with relevance judgments that are unanalysable. Criticism of theories of relevance, for example in Woods (1992), is deflated. Résumé: On a souvent considéré l’absence d'une théorie de la pertinence dans l'état actuel de l'art de la logique non formelle comme regrettable, et comme une lacune qu’on doit combler avant de pouvoir compléter le modèle PertinenceSuffisance-Acceptabilité. Je conteste ces points de vue. Une théorie de la pertinence n'est ni souhaitable ni possible. La logique non formelle s’en est tirée parfaitement bien avec des jugements de pertinence qui ne sont pas analysés et peut s’en tirer aussi bien avec des jugements de pertinence qui ne sont pas analysables. La critique des théories de la pertinence, par exemple, de Woods (1992), est dégonflée.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013