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Area of Science:

  • Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Argumentation

Background:

  • Bootstrapping and Moorean reasoning are informal argument types.
  • Their lack of persuasive power is not well-theorized.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Analyze why bootstrapping argumentation is not rationally persuasive.
  • Develop a general theory on the preconditions and limits of persuasive argumentation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of rationality principles concerning belief and information.
  • Examination of internal coherence as a criterion for persuasion.

Main Results:

  • Persuasiveness fails when argument principles violate rationality.
  • Rationality requires believing premises and suspending judgment on doubted information.

Conclusions:

  • Bootstrapping and Moorean reasoning are not persuasive due to violations of rationality principles.
  • Rational persuasion has specific preconditions related to belief and source reliability.