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Argument diagramming in logic, law and artificial intelligence

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  • Abstract: 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.
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    CHRIS REED, DOUGLAS WALTON, FABRIZIO MACAGNO. 2007. Argument diagramming in logic, law and artificial intelligence. The Knowledge Engineering Review. 22:51 doi: 10.1017/S0269888907001051
    CHRIS REED, DOUGLAS WALTON, FABRIZIO MACAGNO. 2007. Argument diagramming in logic, law and artificial intelligence. The Knowledge Engineering Review. 22:51 doi: 10.1017/S0269888907001051

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Abstract: Abstract: 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.

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