Jul 13th, 2015
UWindsor professor tracked the transcriptions of lost ancient Egyptian papyri, and now they are discovered.
UWindsor professor tracked the transcriptions of lost ancient Egyptian papyri, and now they are discovered.
The notion of burden of proof is central to the study of argumentation, says Douglas Walton, “indeed one could argue that it is the most fundamental concept in this area.”
He will survey the different kinds of burden of proof recognized in recent studies on artificial intelligence and law, and discusses whether these notions are transferable to everyday conversational argumentation, in a free public lecture Tuesday, January 24, at 4:30 p.m. in Assumption University’s Freed-Orman Centre.