Argumentation in Practice

Editors

Frans H. van Eemeren

| University of Amsterdam

Peter Houtlosser

| University of Amsterdam

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Since the late 1950s the study of argumentation has developed from a marginal part of logic and rhetoric into a genuine interdisciplinary academic discipline. After having first been primarily concerned with creating an adequate philosophical perspective on argumentation, argumentation theorists have gradually shifted their focus of attention to a more immediate concern with the ins and outs of argumentative praxis. What exactly are the characteristics of situated argumentative discourse in different argumentative ‘action types’? How is the discourse influenced by institutional and contextual constraints? In what way can prominent cases of argumentative discourse be fruitfully analysed? Argumentation in Practice aims to provide insight into some important facets of argumentative praxis and the different ways in which it can be approached. The first part of this volume, ‘Conceptions of problems in argumentative practice’, introduces useful theoretical perspectives. The second part, ‘Empirical studies of argumentative practice’, contains both empirical studies of a general kind and several types of specific case studies.

[Controversies, 2] 2005. viii, 368 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/cvs.2

Table of Contents

Introduction Frans H. van Eemeren and Peter Houtlosser	1–7
Part I. Forms and conceptions of argumentation
1. “The issue” in argumentative practice and theory Robert T. Craig and Karen Tracy	11–28
2. Hearing is believing: A perspective-dependent account of the fallacies Christopher W. Tindale	29–42
3. Let’s talk: Emotion and the pragma-dialectic model Michael A. Gilbert	43–52
4. Indicators of dissociation M.A. van Rees	53–67
5. A collaborative model of argumentation in dyadic problem-solving interactions Matthieu Quignard	69–86
6. The argumentative dimension of discourse Ruth Amossy	87–98
7. Designing premises Jean Goodwin	99–114
8. On the pragmatics of argumentative discourse Lilit Brutian	115–123
9. From argument analysis to cultural keywords (and back again) Eddo Rigotti and Andrea Rocci	125–142
Part II. Empirical studies of argumentative practice
10. The accusation of amalgame as a meta-argumentative refutation Marianne Doury	145–161
11. Constructing the (imagined) antagonist in advertising argumentation Albert Atkin and John Richardson	163–180
12. Competing demands, multiple ideals, and the structure of argumentation practices: A pragma-dialectical analysis of televised town hall meetings following the murder trial of O.J. Simpson Harry Weger, Jr and Mark Aakhus	181–195
13. Arguments of victims: A case study of the Timothy McVeigh trial Janice Schuetz	197–214
14. Coductive and abductive foundations for sentimental arguments in politics Bruce E. Gronbeck	215–230
15. Reparations or separation?: The rhetoric of racism in black and white Tom Farrell and Mark Lawrence McPhail	231–250
16. Discursive collisions: A reading of “Ellen’s energy adventure” V. William Balthrop and Carole Blair	251–266
17. Aesthetic arguments and civil society Gerard A. Hauser	267–284
18. The use of arguments from perceived opposition in U.S. terrorism policy Carol Winkler	285–303
19. How could official speakers communicate reasonably with their king? Um Hoon	305–319
20. Argument density and argument diversity in the license applications of French provincial printers, 1669–1781 Jane McLeod and Hans V. Hansen	321–336
21. Inventional capacity Dale Hample	337–348
22. The conventional validity of the pragma-dialectal freedom rule Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Bert Meuffels	349–365
Index	367–368

Subjects

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Pragmatics

Philosophy

BIC Subject: GTC – Communication studies

BISAC Subject: LAN004000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2004062796

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