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2016-oswald_ossa
Conference paper (in proceedings)

Conspiracy and bias: Argumentative features and persuasiveness of conspiracy theories

Université de Fribourg BLE-BLL

  • 2016
Published in:
  • Argumentation, Objectivity, and Bias: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 18-21 May 2016 / Benacquista, Laura ; Bondy, Pat. - 2016, p. 1-16
argumentation profile
cognitive pragmatics
conspiracy theory
persuasion
relevance
rhetorical effectiveness
English This paper deals with the argumentative biases conspiracy theories typically suffer from and pursues two goals: (i) it seeks to identify recurring argumentative and rhetorical features of conspiracy theories, which translates into an attempt to elaborate their argumentation profile (see Hansen 2013); (ii) it provides a cognitively-grounded account of conspiracy theories in terms of their persuasiveness, thus formulating clear hypotheses meant to explain their rhetorical appeal.
Faculty
Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
Department
Département d'anglais
Language
  • English
Classification
Language, linguistics
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