Alfred Sidgwick\u27s \u27rogative\u27 approach to argumentation

Few, if any, logicians deserve the title \u27precursor of modern argumentation theory\u27 more than the largely neglected English logician, Alfred Sidgwick (1850-1943). Sidgwick developed a coherent and original theory of argumentation with a distinctly \u27mo dern\u27 flavour. This paper outlines his idea of a \u27negative\u27 view of logic, an important aspect of which is the thesis that the distinctions and inference schemata of formal logic should not be applied as criteria of the validity or invalidity of natural language arguments, but rather \u27rogatively\u27--as suggesting the kinds of objections or demands for clarification that are relevant at specific stages of a discussion

Grundtvig as a Danish Contribution to World Culture

Grundtvig som et dansk bidrag til verdens kulturAf Flemming Lundgreen-Nielse