The Normative Status of Logic in Argumentative Theories of Reasoning

Student: Sotnikova Daria

Educational Programme: Philosophy (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The main aim of this work is to find out in what sense logic is normative in relation to The Argumentative Theories of Reasoning. In this paper I consider various concepts proposed by both logicians and cognitive psychologists:The Argumentative Theory of Reasoning by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber, A Dialogical Account on Reasoning, the conception of "Bridge Principles", and the approaches of G. Harman, J. Hintikka.

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