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  1. Perelman’s Interpretation of Reverse Probability Arguments as a Dialectical Mise en Abyme.Manfred Kraus - 2010 - Philosophy and Rhetoric 43 (4):362-382.
    Imagine the following situation: an act of violent assault has been committed. And there are only two possible suspects, of which one is a small and weak man and the other a big and strong man. The weak man will plead that he is not strong enough and therefore not likely to have committed the crime, which seems reasonable straight away. But there will also be a loophole for the strong man, as Aristotle tells us, who reports exactly that story (...)
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  • El origen de los primeros principios según Tomás de Aquino. Una dificultad interpretativa.José Antonio Valdivia Fuenzalida - 2017 - Anales Del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía 34 (2):341-361.
    En el libro I de su Comentario a los Analíticos Posteriores, Tomás de Aquino explica que toda demostración supone la existencia de principios evidentes e indemostrables que aseguren la certeza de las conclusiones. Para garantizar la existencia de verdades ciertas e indemostrables, introduce la idea de las proposiciones per se notae. Estas proposiciones son típicamente caracterizadas por tener un predicado que forma parte del contenido inteligible del sujeto, es decir, por ser proposiciones analíticas. Ahora bien, al final del libro II, (...)
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  • Early Greek Probability Arguments and Common Ground in Dissensus.Manfred Kraus - unknown
    The paper argues that the arguments from probability so popular in early Greek rhetoric and oratory essentially operate by appealing to common positions shared by both speaker and audience. Particularly in controversial debate provoked by fundamental dissensus they make their claim acceptable to the audience by pointing out a basic coherence or congruence of the speaker’s narrative with the audience’s own pre-established standards or standards of knowledge.
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