Arguments as Propositions That Are a Kind of Act?

Author(s):
Goddu, G.C.
Editor(s):
Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Van Leeuwen, Maarten; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Recent work on the nature of propositions has revived early 20th-century attempts to explain propositions in terms of acts. Hence, even if arguments are composed of propositions, if the propositions are in turn ultimately a kind of act, then arguments will be composed of acts. I shall argue however that such act accounts of propositions cannot support the current act-type theories of arguments and also offer challenges to act-based accounts of propositions.

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Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 276-285
hdl
1887/4107789

Conference

Meeting name
10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2023)
Meeting location
Leiden, The Netherlands
Meeting date
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07