Abstract
Emotions are commonly thought to be beyond rational analysis. In this paper, we develop the position that emotions can be the objects of argumentation and used as terms in emotional argumentation schemes. Thus, we can argue about whether or not, according to normative standards and available evidence, it is plausible that an individual had a particular emotion. This is particularly salient in legal cases, where decisions can depend on explicit arguments about emotional states.
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Lloyd-Kelly, M., Wyner, A. (2012). Arguing about Emotion. In: Ardissono, L., Kuflik, T. (eds) Advances in User Modeling. UMAP 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7138. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28509-7_33
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