Paper Info
Title
Introduction To Structured Argumentation
Abstract
In abstract argumentation, each argument is regarded as atomic. There is no internal structure to an argument. Also, there is no specification of what is an argument or an attack. They are assumed to be given. This abstract perspective provides many advantages for studying the nature of argumentation, but it does not cover all our needs for understanding argumentation or for building tools for supporting or undertaking argumentation. If we want a more detailed formalisation of arguments than is available with abstract argumentation, we can turn to structured argumentation, which is the topic of this special issue of Argument and Computation. In structured argumentation, we assume a formal language for representing knowledge, and specifying how arguments and counterarguments can be constructed from that knowledge. An argument is then said to be structured in the sense that normally the premises and claim of the argument are made explicit, and the relationship between the premises and claim is formally defined (for instance using logical entailment). In this introduction, we provide a brief overview of the approaches covered in this special issue on structured argumentation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1080/19462166.2013.869764
ARGUMENT & COMPUTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
formal models of argumentation, logic, argument in logic programming, automated argumentation reasoning systems < argument and automated reasoning
Formal language,Argument,Computer science,Argumentation theory,Probabilistic argumentation,Argument map,Epistemology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
1
1946-2166
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
31
0.92
1
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Philippe Besnard199374.43
Alejandro Javier García224319.98
Anthony Hunter33196204.65
Sanjay Modgil492554.00
Henry Prakken52440171.29
Guillermo Simari61819128.09
Francesca Toni734327.02