PRESUMPTIVE ARGUMENTS, «WISHFUL SEEING» AND CRITICAL THINKING Cover Image

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

Author(s): Cătălin Stănciulescu
Subject(s): Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: defeasible reasoning; presumptive inferences; visual perception; argumentation schemes;

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.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 201-214
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian