Argumentation Nov 2015

The Fake, the Flimsy, and the Fallacious: Demarcating Arguments in Real Life

Maarten Boudry Ghent University ; Fabio Paglieri Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies ; Massimo Pigliucci City College of New York
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Argumentation
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2015-11-01
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10.1007/s10503-015-9359-1
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