Argument Explanation Complementarity and the Structure of Informal Reasoning
G. Randolph Mayes · Informal Logic · 2010
Abstract: Argument and explanation are distinct forms of reasoning with an underappreciated complementary relationship. In this essay I define these terms precisely, identify the mischief that results from conflating them, elucidate their complementary relationship and employ this relationship to provide a fruitful approach to analyzing the logical structure of the common editorial. Keywords: argument, evidence, explanation, cause, complementarity, editorial.