Relevant to, and drawing from, a range of disciplines, the
chapters in this collection show the diversity, and applicability,
of research in Bayesian argumentation. Together, they form a
challenge to philosophers versed in both the use and criticism of
Bayesian models who have largely overlooked their potential in
argumentation. Selected from contributions to a multidisciplinary
workshop on the topic held in Sweden in 2010, the authors count
linguists and social psychologists among their number, in addition
to philosophers. They analyze material that includes real-life
court cases, experimental research results, and the insights gained
from computer models.
The volume provides, for the first time, a formal measure of
subjective argument strength and argument force, robust enough to
allow advocates of opposing sides of an argument to agree on the
relative strengths of their supporting reasoning. With papers from
leading figures such as Michael Oaksford and Ulrike Hahn, the book
comprises recent research conducted at the frontiers of Bayesian
argumentation and provides a multitude of examples in which these
formal tools can be applied to informal argument. It signals new
and impending developments in philosophy, which has seen Bayesian
models deployed in formal epistemology and philosophy of science,
but has yet to explore the full potential of Bayesian models as a
framework in argumentation. In doing so, this revealing anthology
looks destined to become a standard teaching text in years to come.
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