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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828058703321

Autore

Grootendorst R (Robert), <1944-2000.>

Titolo

A systematic theory of argumentation : the pragma-dialectical approach / / Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-107-14828-6

1-280-43727-8

0-511-18430-1

0-511-16600-1

0-511-16405-X

0-511-31288-1

0-511-61638-4

0-511-16485-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

EemerenF. H. van <1946-> (Frans Hendrik)

Disciplina

808

Soggetti

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Pragmatics

Dialectic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Realm of Argumentation Studies; 3 A Model of a Critical Discussion; 4 Relevance; 5 Analysis as Reconstruction; 6 Rules for a Critical Discussion; 7 Fallacies; 8 A Code of Conduct for Reasonable Discussants; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.