Must a Successful Argument Convert an Ideal Audience?

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• 作者：Xingming Hu
• 关键词：Argument ; Philosophy ; Ideal agnostics ; The epistemological approach ; Peter van Inwagen
• 刊名：Argumentation
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：31
• 期：1
• 页码：165-177
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Logic; Communication Studies; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History; Political Communication;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-8374
• 卷排序：31

文摘

Peter van Inwagen defines a successful argument in philosophy as one that can be used to convert an audience of ideal agnostics in an ideal debate. Sarah McGrath and Thomas Kelly recently argue that van Inwagen’s definition cannot be correct since the idea of ideal agnostics is incoherent with regard to an absolute paradigm of a successful philosophical argument. This paper defends van Inwagen’s definition against McGrath and Kelly’s objection.