Informal Logic： Between Logic and Epistemology.pdf

PhilosophyStudy,ISSN 2159—5313 November2013，Vo1．3，No．11，1051-1060 赫LI誊 H●N InformalLogic：BetweenLogicandEpistemology IrynaKhomenko TarasShevchenkoNationalUniversityofKyiv Nowadaysresearchersworkinginvariousfieldsstudytheissuesofargument．Theyrepresentdifferentapproaches whichdistinguishwiththeoreticalandpracticalcomprehensionofargumentproblems．Informalstudyofragument isoneoftheapproaches．Thekeyreasonofitsapperaancewasthecriticism offomr allogicinthelate20thcentury． Reserachersconsidertheargumentfrom thedifferentpointofview．Formaldialecticsna dpragma-dialecticswere basedondialectics．Contemporaryrhetoricaltheoriesofargumentwerecreatedontherhetoricalgrounds；theoryof speechactsonhtebasisofpracticalphilosophyetc．．Thispaperisdevotedtosometheoreticalproblemsofinformal logicwhichwasfomr ed on thelogic background in the late70’s．In spite ofnumerouspapers，books，nad text．booksoninfomr allogicpublishedoverthelastthirtyyeras，logicina shasnotachievedconsensussofaron manyissues．Amongthenumerousproblemsrae：whatisthesubjectmatterofinfomrallogic?Doesinformallogic belongtotherealm oflogic?Isitappliedepistemology?Whatisarealragument?Andwhatarethecriteriafor evaluatingofsucharguments? Keywords：logic，informallogic，fomrallogic，epistemology，argument，evaluationcriteriaofragument 1．Introduction Atthepresenttime，theissuesofargumentareinvestigatedbyresearchersworking invanousareas． Amongthem arephilosophers，logicians，psychologists，linguists，politicalscientists，and lawyers·In this regard，variousapproachescouldbedistinguishedwitharangeoftheoreticalandpracticalcomprehensionof argumentproblems．Informalstudyofargumentisoneoftheapproaches．Thekeyreasonofitsappearancewas