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Chapter 12 looked at the problem of not finding evidence that you need to support your argument. A potentially worse situation is when evidence is presented that refutes your argument. This chapter suggests strategies for coping with such “counter-evidence”.
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Spriggs, J. (2012). Counter-Evidence. In: GSN - The Goal Structuring Notation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2312-5_13
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