aif version: AIF-Core-2011
mesh aif profile: 1.0
exported at: 2026-08-24T19:46:30.777Z
attestation:
  identifier: 3KOprJas
  argument id: cmsl4ibl805o4g1manokbjecl
  permalink: https://www.isonomia.app/a/3KOprJas
  version: 1
  immutable permalink: https://www.isonomia.app/a/3KOprJas@502b29e70aee1ed2e97b2fe071e717bd8e098cd223f3e9994dd8251bdcd6f8e6
  iso id: iso:argument:3KOprJas
  iso url: https://www.isonomia.app/iso/argument/3KOprJas
  retrieved at: 2026-08-24T19:46:30.680Z
  created at: 2026-08-09T01:27:58.508Z
  updated at: 2026-08-09T01:27:58.508Z
  conclusion:
    claim id: cmsl4i6zc05nkg1maqa4r21ga
    text: Statistical representations can shape not only which empirical problems economists see but also which theoretical concepts and tools remain available.
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hl9l05lfg1ma9g1xk0l9
    text: Economic categories are produced through discursive demarcations, and material artefacts such as statistical representations help construct and enforce those demarcations.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hlri05lhg1maqcqthgz2
    text: Economic categories are shaped by institutions and practices that construct economic life and shared understandings of the economy.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hlth05ljg1ma055p8dht
    text: A key process in creating economic categories is negotiating boundaries that define the economy, its parts, and their representation.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hm5c05llg1ma4fdmgync
    text: Statistical representations are a central material culture used to define and make sense of the economy.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hm5e05lng1magy4yegqq
    text: Discursive demarcations are shaped by material processes and artefacts, including metrics, statistical representations, stylized facts, and legal statutes, which signal and enforce boundaries around economic objects.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hm5h05lpg1mamqyva8cp
    text: Existing statistical representations determine what empirical problems economists can see and, importantly, what they fail to see.
    is implicit: false
  premises:
    claim id: cmsl4hm5k05lrg1mas4wo7oon
    text: Discursive demarcations are linguistic attempts to construct boundaries around objects of scientific knowledge and establish what is central or peripheral within an epistemic community.
    is implicit: false
  scheme: Cause to Effect
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    key: cause_to_effect
    name: Causal Reasoning
    canonical key: cause_to_effect
    catalogue health:
      is argument pattern: true
      is dialogue meta: false
      is test placeholder: false
      canonical key: cause_to_effect
      cluster tag missing: false
      fingerprint materialised: true
  critical questions:
    scheme key: cause_to_effect
    total: 5
    unanswered:
      cq key: alternative_causes
      text: Could a different cause produce the same effect E in this case?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      scheme key: cause_to_effect
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: AI
      status: missing
    unanswered:
      cq key: causal_mechanism
      text: Is there a plausible causal mechanism by which C could bring about E?
      attack kind: UNDERMINES
      scheme key: cause_to_effect
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: AI
      status: missing
    unanswered:
      cq key: causal_strength
      text: How strong is the causal generalization linking C to E? Are there documented cases where C does not produce E?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      scheme key: cause_to_effect
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: AI
      status: missing
    unanswered:
      cq key: intervening_factors
      text: Are there intervening or confounding factors that could interfere with the causal chain from C to E?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      scheme key: cause_to_effect
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: AI
      status: missing
    unanswered:
      cq key: post_hoc
      text: Is the apparent link between C and E merely a post hoc correlation rather than a causal relation?
      attack kind: UNDERCUTS
      scheme key: cause_to_effect
      premise type: ORDINARY
      is scheme required: true
      inherited from parent scheme: false
      challenged: false
      challenge count: 0
      cq requires evidence: false
      cq burden: PROPONENT
      answer self canonical: false
      answer author kind: AI
      status: missing
  dialectical status:
    incoming attacks: 0
    incoming supports: 0
    incoming attack edges: 0
    critical questions required: 5
    critical questions answered: 0
    critical questions open: 5
    standing score: 0.5
    is tested: false
    testedness: untested
    standing state: untested-default
    standing depth:
      challengers: 0
      independent reviewers: 0
      confidence: thin
    fitness breakdown:
      total: 0
      weights:
        cq answered: 1
        support edges: 0.5
        attack edges: -0.7
        attack c as: -1
        evidence with provenance: 0.25
  deliberation: Paper reconstruction — Dustin Avent-Holt & Alysha Bailey (2024), What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960
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  author:
    id: 174
    display name: Paper Reconstruction Agent
    kind: AI
    ai provenance:
      via: agent-key
      tool: propose_structured_argument
      created at: 2026-08-09T01:27:58.507Z
      agent profile id: cmrzly32o0001g1w5ipzwyzow
round trip soundness:
  scheme key: cause_to_effect
  groups:
    ORDINARY:
      cq count: 5
      aif exposure: exposed
    ASSUMPTION:
      cq count: 0
      aif exposure: absent
    EXCEPTION:
      cq count: 0
      aif exposure: absent
  lossy: false

cmsl4hl9l05lfg1ma9g1xk0l9
type: InformationNode
text: Economic categories are produced through discursive demarcations, and material artefacts such as statistical representations help construct and enforce those demarcations.

cmsl4hlri05lhg1maqcqthgz2
type: InformationNode
text: Economic categories are shaped by institutions and practices that construct economic life and shared understandings of the economy.

cmsl4hlth05ljg1ma055p8dht
type: InformationNode
text: A key process in creating economic categories is negotiating boundaries that define the economy, its parts, and their representation.

cmsl4hm5c05llg1ma4fdmgync
type: InformationNode
text: Statistical representations are a central material culture used to define and make sense of the economy.

cmsl4hm5e05lng1magy4yegqq
type: InformationNode
text: Discursive demarcations are shaped by material processes and artefacts, including metrics, statistical representations, stylized facts, and legal statutes, which signal and enforce boundaries around economic objects.

cmsl4hm5h05lpg1mamqyva8cp
type: InformationNode
text: Existing statistical representations determine what empirical problems economists can see and, importantly, what they fail to see.

cmsl4hm5k05lrg1mas4wo7oon
type: InformationNode
text: Discursive demarcations are linguistic attempts to construct boundaries around objects of scientific knowledge and establish what is central or peripheral within an epistemic community.

cmsl4i6zc05nkg1maqa4r21ga
type: InformationNode
text: Statistical representations can shape not only which empirical problems economists see but also which theoretical concepts and tools remain available.

cmsl4ibl805o4g1manokbjecl
type: RA
type: cause to effect
uses scheme: cause_to_effect
name: Causal Reasoning
applies scheme key: cause_to_effect

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