Logic is the science that deals with the formal principles and criteria of validity of patterns of
inference. This chapter surveys logics for a particular group of patterns of inference, namely …

Logical models of arguement formalize commonsense reasoning while taking process and
computation seriously. This survey discusses the main ideas that characterize different …

Over the last ten years, argumentation has come to be increasingly central as a core study
within Artificial Intelligence (AI). The articles forming this volume reflect a variety of important …

This book is a revised and extended version of my PhD Thesis' Logical Tools for Modelling
Legal Argument', which I defended on 14 January 1993 at the Free University Amsterdam …

In Relevance in Argumentation, author Douglas Walton presents a new method for critically
evaluating arguments for relevance. This method enables a critic to judge whether a move …

Recent developments in argumentation theory and artificial intelligence demand a new look
into the foundational notion of dialog around which the new dialectical models of …

The present paper discusses experimental argument assistance tools. In contrast with
automated reasoning tools, the objective is not to replace reasoning, but to guide the user's …

This book is a revised version of my dissertation'DiaLaw-on legal th justification and dialog
games' that I defended on June 5 1998 at the Universiteit Maastricht. The chapters 1, 4 & 5 …

Recent work in artificial intelligence has increasingly turned to argumentation as a rich,
interdisciplinary area of research that can provide new methods related to evidence and …

In this paper I describe the specification and implementation of a dialogue game based on
the argument schema of Toulmin. It is argued that this schema is particularly suited to legal …