Criticism without Fundamental Principles
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v36i2.4641Keywords:
argumentation theory, criticism, idealizations, normativity, pragma-dialecticsAbstract
In this paper I develop and defend a form of argumentative normativity that is not based on fundamental principles. I first argue that research agendas that aim to discover (or claimed to have discovered) fundamental principles of ‘good’ argumentative discourse share one crucial weak spot, viz. circularity. I then argue that this weak spot can be avoided in a pancritical (Bartley, 1984) view of normativity.Downloads
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2016-07-14
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