Why Inequality Matters: Economic and Practical Arguments

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Practical Arguments

The elicitation and reconstruction of practical arguments in teaching

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Fenstermacher ◽  
Virginia Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Practical Arguments

Holm Tetens on the Moral-Existential Argument for Theism: Reasonable Hope and Wishful Thinking

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Gasser
Keyword(s):  
Wishful Thinking ◽  
Classical Theism ◽  
Practical Arguments

SummaryHolm Tetens develops in his book „Gott denken. Ein Versuch über rationale Theologie“ theoretical and practical arguments against a naturalistic and in favour of a theistic understanding of reality. In my paper I focus on Teten’s claim that we are rationally justified to hope for the truth of classical theism. I distinguish between rationally justified and unjustified forms of hope and argue that we are rationally justified to hope for the redemption of reality as promised by classical theism. However, this hope has a weaker basis of justification than Tetens seems to assume because serious objections to classical theism ought to be taken into consideration as well.

scholarly journals Distinguishing Practical and Theoretical Reasoning: A Critique of Deanna Kuhn's Theory of Informal Argument

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Wilks Keefer
Keyword(s):  
Practical Reasoning ◽  
Theoretical Reasoning ◽  
Informal Argumentation ◽  
Evidence Model ◽  
Adequate Evidence ◽  
Practical Arguments

Deanna Kuhn's theory of informal argumentation (1991) evaluates arguments according to a theory/evidence model where subjects first articulate a theory and then must provide critical testing of alternatives on the basis of evidence. Using this model, Kuhn reports that many subjects fail to supply adequate evidence for their 'theories' and are often unable or unwilling to generate alternatives. In this paper an account of practical reasoning is provided that suggests an alternate interpretation for Kuhn's subjects' poor perfonnance. It is argued that treating practical arguments as failed theoretical justifications causes Kuhn to misrepresent the contribution of many of her subjects' arguments.

The Influence of the Russian Antitrust Legislation on Economic Development

2003 ◽  
pp. 33-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Novikov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Free Market Economy ◽  
Antitrust Legislation ◽  
The Given ◽  
Practical Arguments

The antitrust legislation is traditionally considered as an attribute of free market economy and an incentive to increase public welfare. Critical analysis of the given theses is offered in the article. The author provides a number of theoretical, historical and practical arguments on the negative influence of antitrust legislation on economic development. In his opinion, antitrust measures liquidate competition, acting as a means of protection of non-competitive commodity producers. Under tariff regulation prices are usually established at higher level than under conditions of emulative competition.

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