We invite authors to submit papers to a Special Issue on Argument Strength to be published in IfCoLog (Journal of Logics and Their Applications, College Publications). In December 2016 the workshop "Argument Strength 2016" took place at Ruhr-University Bochum (website). In the special issue we intend to publish original high quality contributions on the basis of talks given at the workshop and we also welcome contributions from other authors.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. They should be prepared for blind review. Guidelines for authors can be found here where it is advised to use the LaTeX style ifcolog.cls. Preferably submissions have a length of max. 25 pages in the layout indicated in the guide for authors. Please contact us in case you need more space. Papers can be submitted via easychair.

List of Topics

Arguments vary in strength. The strength of an argument is affected, for instance, by the plausibility of its premises, the nature of the link between its premises and its conclusion, and the prior acceptability of the conclusion.

The aim of this special issue is to collect original and high quality contributions from the fields of artificial intelligence, philosophy, logic, and argumentation theory, which are related to the strength of arguments. Such questions include:

• Which factors influence the strength of an argument?
• What are the pros and cons of different formal representations of argument strength?
• How to formally model qualifiers on the conclusions of arguments?
• How does argument strength propagate when inferences are chained?
• How do arguments accrue?
• Can weaker arguments defeat and/or defend stronger arguments?
• When do more specific arguments defeat more general arguments and vice versa?
• How do formal and informal approaches to argument strength relate?
• How do preferences assigned to premises influence the evaluation of arguments?

Publication

The Special Issue on Argument Strength will be published by College Publications in IfCoLog, the Journal of Logics and their Applications. It will be edited by Mathieu Beirlaen, Jesse Heyninck, Pere Pardo and Christian Straßer. All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer review.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to argumentstrength2016@gmail.com