APPLICATION OF ARGUMENTATION IN PROCESSES DECISION MAKING
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2415-881x.2022.88.138-148
Abstract
Making a decision is the most important cognitive procedure that accompanies every human life and plays a significant role in the history of human culture as a whole. The entire history of mankind can, in a certain sense, be considered as the history of making certain decisions — right or wrong, rational or purely intuitive — that lead to the preservation of the existing state of affairs or to its change.
However, the theory of decision-making arose and began to be developed only in the middle of the 20th century, and at first — as a theory of operations in the field of military technology. True, it was soon realized that it has a much wider application. So that at present it has turned into an interdisciplinary one that uses the methods of mathematics, psychology, sociology, political science, management and many other sciences, and is applied in various fields. Philosophical research aimed at elucidating the epistemological and logical foundations of the decision-making procedure is also being conducted in this field. The article emphasizes that a rational decision is based on a choice based not on intuition or previous experience, but on a rational analysis of the situation.
Models of argumentation in decision-making are considered. The essence of logical, cognitive, and rhetorical approaches is clarified. The stages of the process of making a rational decision are explained.
Conclusions. The most important difference between decision-making theory and argumentation theory is that decision-making is the basis of action/inaction in a given situation, whereas the process of argumentation is limited to substantiating a thesis/refutation of an antithesis.
Keywords
Full Text:
>PDF (Українська)
References
Konverskyi, A.E. (2016). Logic: a textbook. Kyiv: Kyiv University Publishing and Printing Center, 391 p.
Khomenko, I.V. (2014). Logic for lawyers: textbook. Kyiv: Yurinkom Inter, 223 p.
Amgoud, L. & Cayrol, C. On the Acceptability of Arguments in Preference-based Argumentation. [Electronic resource]. https://arxiv. org/pdf/1301.7358.pdf.
Apotheloz, D. & Brand, G.Quiroz. (1993).The function of negation in argumentation. Journal of Pragmatics. Vol. 19, 23–38.
Besnard P., Hunter A. Elements of Argumentation [Електронний ресурс]. –https://www. researchgate. net/publication/220907500_Elements_of_Argumentation
Eemeren F. van H., Grootendorst R. A Systematic Theory of Argumentation. The pragma-dialectical approach. [Electronic resource]. –http://assets. cambridge. org/97805218/30751/sample/9780521830751ws. pdf
Wenzel J. Rhetoric and Argumentation: An Introduction [Електронний ресурс]. –: https://www. semanticscholar. org/paper/ Rhetoric-and-Argumentation%3A-An-Introduction- Wenzel/11018270a0752e33aa8f33077cfa483f2e3e0333.
Quiroz, G. & Apotheloz, P.-Y Brand (1992). How counter-argumentation works. Argumentation Illuminated / Ed. by F.H. van Eemeren, R Grootendorst. — Amsterdam, The Netherlands: SISCAT, 172–178.
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The editorial board does not always share the position of the authors. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the material presented.
All rights reserved.
© Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2026