Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: In two studies we examined arguments for singular and general causal claims. The first study, a content analysis of newspaper articles, revealed characteristic distributions for mechanistic, statistical, and counterfactual argumentations in singular and general problems. In a second experimental study, subjects formulated arguments from different perspectives on general and singular problems. The results show that subjects are sensitive to the singular-general distinction as well as to related argumentative roles and backgrounds of knowledge. This supports a rhetorical model of causal cognition.
Authors: Uwe Oestermeier, Friedrich W. Hesse
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2627069784