LEADER 03645nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910818871803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-107-18504-1 010 $a9786611146405 010 $a0-511-36717-1 010 $a1-281-14640-4 010 $a0-511-36655-8 010 $a0-511-36592-6 010 $a0-511-57419-3 010 $a0-511-61953-7 010 $a0-511-36776-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481732 035 $a(EBL)321477 035 $a(OCoLC)437193540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272898 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221436 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272898 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10309774 035 $a(PQKB)10763393 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511619533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC321477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL321477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10213914 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114640 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481732 100 $a20070430d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWitness testimony evidence $eargumentation, artificial intelligence, and law /$fDouglas Walton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 365 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-70770-6 311 $a0-521-88143-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Witness Testimony as Argumentation; 2 Plausible Reasoning in Legal Argumentation; 3 Scripts, Stories, and Anchored Narratives; 4 Computational Dialectics; 5 Witness Examination as Peirastic Dialogue; 6 Applying Dialectical Models to the Trial; 7 Supporting and Attacking Witness Testimony; Bibliography; Index 330 $aRecent work in artificial intelligence has increasingly turned to argumentation as a rich, interdisciplinary area of research that can provide new methods related to evidence and reasoning in the area of law. Douglas Walton provides an introduction to basic concepts, tools and methods in argumentation theory and artificial intelligence as applied to the analysis and evaluation of witness testimony. He shows how witness testimony is by its nature inherently fallible and sometimes subject to disastrous failures. At the same time such testimony can provide evidence that is not only necessary but inherently reasonable for logically guiding legal experts to accept or reject a claim. Walton shows how to overcome the traditional disdain for witness testimony as a type of evidence shown by logical positivists, and the views of trial sceptics who doubt that trial rules deal with witness testimony in a way that yields a rational decision-making process. 606 $aLaw$xMethodology 606 $aWitnesses 606 $aEvidence (Law) 606 $aReasoning 606 $aArtificial intelligence 606 $aRelevance (Philosophy) 615 0$aLaw$xMethodology. 615 0$aWitnesses. 615 0$aEvidence (Law) 615 0$aReasoning. 615 0$aArtificial intelligence. 615 0$aRelevance (Philosophy) 676 $a347/.066 700 $aWalton$b Douglas N$0214601 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818871803321 996 $aWitness testimony evidence$93920666 997 $aUNINA