ARGUMENTE PREZUMTIVE, «VEDERE DEZIDERATIVĂ» ŞI GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ
PRESUMPTIVE ARGUMENTS, «WISHFUL SEEING» AND CRITICAL THINKING

Summary/Abstract: This paper shows how tools used in informal logic – defeasible argumentation schemes and argument diagramming – can be applied in modeling cases of inference used to draw a conclusion from observational data under conditions of uncertainty or insufficient knowledge. In particular, it uses the argument from appearances and its correspondent argumentation scheme, and a form of practical inference, to show how, what in psychology and cognitive science is called “wishful seeing”, can be argumentatively interpreted and critically evaluated.

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