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Reasonableness of a doctor’s argument by authority
A pragma-dialectical analysis of the specific soundness conditions
- Author(s): Roosmaryn Pilgram 1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 University of Amsterdam
- Source: Argumentation and Health , pp 33-50
- Publication Date July 2014
Argumentation can play an important role in medical consultation. A doctor could, for instance, argue in support of a treatment advice to overcome a patient’s hesitance about it. In this argumentation, the doctor might explicitly present him- or herself as an authority, thereby presenting an argument by authority. Depending on the specific conditions under which the doctor advances such an argument, the doctor’s argument by authority can constitute a sound or a fallacious contribution to the discussion. In this chapter, I shall determine what the specific soundness conditions are that apply to a doctor’s argumentation by authority in medical consultation.
- Affiliations: 1: University of Amsterdam
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