Criticism without Fundamental Principles

Informal Logic 36 (2):192-216 (2016)
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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 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 view of normativity.

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10.22329/il.v36i2.4641

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