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    It is not the case that Non-traditional modes of arguing are valuable in real-life argumentation

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    • 1.The value of an argumentative mode depends on whether it tracks truth, not merely whether it resolves disagreement.
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    • 2.Non-traditional modes such as narrative, metaphor, or emotional appeal can resolve disagreement by bypassing rational evaluation rather than satisfying it.
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    • 3.A method that resolves disagreement by circumventing rational scrutiny produces epistemic harm even when it produces social consensus.
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    • 1.Habermas's discourse ethics holds that legitimate argumentation requires idealised conditions of sincerity, symmetry, and logical force alone.
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    • 2.Admitting non-traditional modes as genuinely argumentative blurs the normative boundary between persuasion and manipulation, undermining critical standards.
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    • 3.Without that boundary, informal logic loses its evaluative purchase and cannot distinguish good from bad real-life argumentation.
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    • 1.The goal of argumentation in real-life situations is to resolve disagreement
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    • 2.Non-traditional modes of arguing can provide effective ways of resolving the disagreement that gives rise to argument
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