On Freeman's Argument Structure Approach
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Freeman’s argument structure approach (1991, revised in 2011) makes up for some deficiencies of the standard approach and the Toulmin model respectively. It clarifies Toulmin’s dim understanding of modal qualifiers, not only can characterize a complicated argument that consists of multiple sub-arguments, but also can reflect the dialectical tier of an argument better and more precisely. Meanwhile, the concept of “basic dialectic situation”shows the development of the meta-theory on argument. In short, Freeman’s approach is more suitable as a general argument model. However, there are some problems with it. Freeman’s rebuttals are not in Toulmin’s sense while he thinks it is. There is another type of rebuttal which will weaken the premises of an argument and the corresponding counter-rebuttal that Freeman neglects. And some notations in Freemans diagram, such as “=”,“ ↓ ” between the counter-rebuttal box and the rebuttal box, are somewhat problematic.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016