 The idea that argumentation can be an epistemically beneficial process is as old as philosophy itself. In every major historical philosophical tradition, argumentation is viewed as an essential component of philosophical reflection precisely because it may be used to aim at the truth (indeed this is the core of Plato’s critique of the Sophists and their excessive focus on persuasion at the expense of truth (Irani 2017; see  Historical Supplement).  Recent proponents of an epistemological approach to argumentation include (Goldman 2004; Lumer 2005; Biro &amp; Siegel 2006). Alvin Goldman captures this general idea in the following terms: