Meta‐Argumentation as An Argumentation Metatheory

Abstract

This article shows that the Rhodian model of metatheory can be successfully applied to nonformal systems of a methodological rather than an axiological nature if the demands of the model are satisfied. This requires that we take into account the possible variations of Rhodian models of argumentation and choose the most effective of them. Plato's model of meta‐argumentation is only applicable to fields of argumentation that are completely formalized and could be presented as whole general theories.

Axioms of Philosophy in Aristotle’s Metaphysics

“…Of course, the task of building philosophy axiomatically should interest modern researchers too, independent of the historical value of Metaphysics. Especially, taking into account the huge wave of meta-theoretical and meta-philosophical investigations during the last decades (Lazerowitz, 1970;Marsoobian, 2007;Hovhannisyan, 2007;Hovhannisyan, 2008;Overgaard, Gilbert, & Burwood, 2013;Hovhannisyan, 2014;Hovhannisyan, 2015).…”

Building A General Theory of Meta‐Argumentation

“…The recent article by Hasmik Hovhannisyan in Metaphilosophy suggested an important clarification of the guidelines for the Rhodian and Platonic models of meta‐argumentation, showed their areas of application, and conducted an analysis of contemporary conceptions of meta‐argumentation (Hovhannisyan ). To further the development of a general theory of meta‐argumentation, in the present article we place the emphasis on the set of major difficult theoretical‐methodological questions (aporias) encountered in the process of constructing a theory of meta‐argumentation.…”

“…One can point to three main interpretations of the term “meta‐argumentation” in the works of contemporary researchers: (1)Meta‐argumentation as the study of models of a general theory of meta‐argumentation (Brutian ; Hovhannisyan ). (2)Meta‐argumentation as a simulation of arguing about argumentation in the long‐term development of practical algorithms for artificial intelligence (Boella et al ; Villata, Guido, and van der Torre ). (3)Meta‐argumentation as a study of arguments in their application to significant scientific statements (Finocchiaro ; Blair ). …”