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A summary is provided of the problems of representing, determining generating and arranging disjunct multiple subarguments in several fields, including formal systems in uncertain domains, informal logic accounts of argument structure, rhetorical systems for maximising persuasive effect, and the automatic generation of persuasive discourse. Drawing upon the insights, problems, and partial solutions of these fields, a theory of subargument construction and organisation is presented, and is set in a framework for generating natural language argument.
This work has been partly funded by EPSRC grant no. 94313824.
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Reed, C., Long, D. (1997). Multiple subarguments in logic, argumentation, rhetoric and text generation. In: Gabbay, D.M., Kruse, R., Nonnengart, A., Ohlbach, H.J. (eds) Qualitative and Quantitative Practical Reasoning. FAPR ECSQARU 1997 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1244. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0035644
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