This repo contains full lists of Walton's Argumentation Schemes in YAML for the use for the Carneades Argumentation System (version 4).
25 of the Walton's argumentation schemes are already available in YAML at Carneades 4 as walton.yml. However, in Argumentation Schemes (2008), there are a total of 106 argumentation schemes. We aimed to complete the list and created the remaining 81 argumentation schemes in YAML.
In addition to the our main file walton.yml in which a complete list is presented, there are also smaller files which are classified based on the classification system present in Argumentation Schemes (2008). First, all the schemes are divided into 3 main categories (Reasoning, Source-based Arguments, Applying Rues to Cases), and under those categories, different files are created corresponding to different types of arguments falling into each category.
This study was conducted within the scope of the master's thesis titled Douglas Walton's Argumentation Schemes and Applications prepared by Başak Kurtuldu under the supervision of Dr. Vedat Kamer, in the Department of Philosophy, Istanbul University.
According to our correspondence with Dr. Douglas Walton on September 19, 2019, in which he informed us about the changes he made on some of the argumentation schemes which were presented in Argumentation Schemes (2008) , we implemented these changes in our file:
- Argument From Precedent was changed to Argument From Exception To A Rule.
- Spelling error was corrected in Abductive Argumentation Scheme.
- Spelling error was corrected in Argument From Evidence to Hypothesis.
We wish to thank Dr. Douglas Walton for his comments and corrections on Carneades YAML (CYML) files at this repository.