Persuasive Definitions: Values, Meanings and Implicit Disagreements

Persuasive Definitions: Values, Meanings and Implicit Disagreements

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The purpose of this paper is to inquire into the relationship between persuasive definition and common knowledge (propositions generally u motion bowling ball accepted and not subject to dispute in a discussion).We interpret the gap between common knowledge and persuasive definition (PD) in terms of potential disagreements: PDs are conceived as implicit arguments to win a potential conflict.Persuasive definitions are analyzed as arguments instantiating two argumentation schemes, argument from classification and argument from values, and presupposing a potential disagreement.The argumentative structure of PDs reveals different levels map of frank church wilderness of disagreement, and different pos-sibilities of resolving the conflict or causing dialogical deadlock.