Conductivism

Abstract

I propose, as an alternative to deductivism, "conductivism": the view in argumentation studies that privileges the conductive model. To this end, I first recall very briefly some versions of the deductivist thesis, and after a short review of the evolution of the notion, I give my own definition of a conductive argument. Finally, I´ll make two philosophical points concerning the nature of argumentative practices and I provide a conductive argument in favor of conductivism.