Argument diagramming in logic, law and artificial intelligence

TY - JOUR

T1 - Argument diagramming in logic, law and artificial intelligence

AU - Reed, Chris

AU - Walton, Douglas

AU - Macagno, Fabrizio

N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2007/3

Y1 - 2007/3

N2 - In this paper, we present a survey of the development of the technique of argument diagramming covering not only the fields in which it originated - informal logic, argumentation theory, evidence law and legal reasoning - but also more recent work in applying and developing it in computer science and artificial intelligence (AI). Beginning with a simple example of an everyday argument, we present an analysis of it visualized as an argument diagram constructed using a software tool. In the context of a brief history of the development of diagramming, it is then shown how argument diagrams have been used to analyse and work with argumentation in law, philosophy and AI.

AB - In this paper, we present a survey of the development of the technique of argument diagramming covering not only the fields in which it originated - informal logic, argumentation theory, evidence law and legal reasoning - but also more recent work in applying and developing it in computer science and artificial intelligence (AI). Beginning with a simple example of an everyday argument, we present an analysis of it visualized as an argument diagram constructed using a software tool. In the context of a brief history of the development of diagramming, it is then shown how argument diagrams have been used to analyse and work with argumentation in law, philosophy and AI.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34249650679

U2 - 10.1017/S0269888907001051

DO - 10.1017/S0269888907001051

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:34249650679

SN - 0269-8889

VL - 22

SP - 87

EP - 109

JO - Knowledge Engineering Review

JF - Knowledge Engineering Review

IS - 1

ER -