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A Systematic Theory of Argumentation

The pragma-dialectical approach

Frans H van Eemeren author Rob Grootendorst author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Nov '03

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This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation.

In this book two of the leading figures in argumentation theory present a view of argumentation as a means of resolving differences of opinion by testing the acceptability of the disputed positions. Their model of a 'critical discussion' serves as a theoretical tool for analysing, evaluating and producing argumentative discourse. They develop a method for the reconstruction of argumentative discourse that takes into account all aspects that are relevant to a critical assessment. They also propose a practical code of behaviour for discussants who want to resolve their differences in a reasonable way. This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation and will be of particular value to professionals and graduate students in speech communication, informal logic, rhetoric, critical thinking, linguistics, and philosophy.

'This is the most important argumentation theory in the world today. It is the only theory that incorporates a developed underlying philosophical perspective with a complete elaboration of a theory and a full account of its practical applications. It is the only theory that integrates insights from the complete range of fields in which argumentation is studied (among others: linguistics, philosophy of language, logic, communications, rhetoric) … It has had simply a huge influence on argumentation studies around the world.' J. Anthony Blair, University of Windsor
'… a major event in argumentation theory scholarship.' Michael C. Leff, Northwestern University

ISBN: 9780521537728

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: 340g

226 pages