Conspiracy and bias: Argumentative features and persuasiveness of conspiracy theories

Oswald, Steve

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Conspiracy and bias: Argumentative features and persuasiveness of conspiracy theories

BCU-LLM

Oswald, Steve ORCID University of Fribourg

2016

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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

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

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