El preguntar y su papel en la argumentación

Abstract

The ancient disciplines of argumentation (Socratic-Platonic-Aristotelian dialectics, medieval disputation) reserved a central place for the activity of questioning. This has not been much less the case in modern argumentation theory. This paper puts forwards, illustrate, and discuss eight propositions that aim at bringing back questions and questioning to its ancient position at the core of argumentation. Although for this purpose the pragma-dialectical ideal model of a critical discussion is a very useful point of reference, the paper’s argument tries to show that questioning should be a priority for any argumentation theory.