🗓️ Session 4: Primer on scientific argumentation

Authors

Affiliations

Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch

EUF and JKU

Anna-Katharina Kothe

EUF

Published

07 10 2026

Modified

12 08 2026

Abstract

A primer on scientific argumentation: how to build clear, logically stringent arguments, make assumptions and normative judgements explicit, and support claims with theory and data.

🖥️ Lecture Slides

📽️ Slides will be made available after the lecture.

📚 Follow-up Reading

Chapter 2 in Shrader-Frechette (2014).

🏆 Further readings

Dobelli (2013)

References

Dobelli, R. (2013) The art of thinking clearly, New York: Harper.

Shrader-Frechette, K. (2014) Tainted: How philosophy of science can expose bad science, New York: Oxford University Press.

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title: "🗓️ Session 4: Primer on scientific argumentation"
date: "2026-10-07"
date-modified: last-modified
author:
  - name: Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch
    url: https://claudius-graebner.com/
    orcid: 0000-0003-4065-4722
    affiliation: EUF and JKU
    affiliation-url: https://www.uni-flensburg.de/en/pluralist-economics
  - name: Anna-Katharina Kothe
    orcid: 0009-0001-6178-4174
    affiliation: EUF
    affiliation-url: https://www.uni-flensburg.de/en/pluralist-economics
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## Abstract

A primer on **scientific argumentation**: how to build clear, logically stringent arguments,
make assumptions and normative judgements explicit, and support claims with theory and data.

## 🖥️ Lecture Slides

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## 📚 Follow-up Reading

- Chapter 2 in @shraderfrechette2014.

### 🏆 Further readings

- @dobelli2013

## References

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