Representing Arguments
After completing the Teaching Company series Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning (which I recommend) I learnt to diagram arguments as follows:
However, after purchasing the program Rationale (which I also recommend) I learnt to diagram arguments in this way:
I have combined them in this manner:
As you can see, the evidence forms one premise and the warrant forms another. The evidence and warrant are claims in themselves and can be supported by supplementary arguments.
Obviously these diagrams are not comprehensive, as there are many co-premises in any argument that are unlikely to ever me disputed (such as ’cause precedes effect’, ‘the world is real and intelligible’ etc.)
If both parties to a dispute agree with the basic framework of the argument, though, unnecessary argument can be avoided.
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