A Systematic Theory of Argumentation The pragma-dialectical approach
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, evaluati...
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| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
17.11.2003
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| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 9780521537728, 9780521830751, 0521830753, 052153772X |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover -- Half-title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Realm of Argumentation Studies -- Argumentation theory as normative pragmatics -- The philosophical estate -- The theoretical estate -- The analytical estate -- The empirical estate -- The practical estate -- A program for the study of argumentation -- 3 A Model of a Critical Discussion -- Classical roots of argumentation studies -- New rhetorics and new dialectics -- Meta-theoretical principles of pragma-dialectics -- Dialectical stages in the process of resolving a difference -- Pragmatic moves in the resolution process -- 4 Relevance -- Different approaches to relevance -- From interpretation to analysis -- Integration of Searlean and Gricean insights -- A pragma-dialectical notion of relevance -- The identification of a relevance problem -- Conditional relevance -- 5 Analysis as Reconstruction -- Complications in argumentative reality -- Transformations in an analytical reconstruction -- The justification of a reconstruction -- Making an analytic overview -- 6 Rules for a Critical Discussion -- A critical-rationalistic view of reasonableness -- Conceptions of reasonableness in the study of argumentation -- A dialectical notion of reasonableness -- The pragma-dialectical discussion procedure -- Rule 1 -- The right to challenge -- Rule 2 -- The obligation to defend -- Rule 3 -- Allocation of the burden of proof -- Allocation of the discussion roles -- Rule 4 -- Agreements concerning the discussion rules -- Rule 5 -- Attacking and defending standpoints -- Rule 6 -- The intersubjective identification procedure -- Rule 7 -- The intersubjective inference procedure -- The intersubjective explicitization procedure -- The intersubjective testing procedure -- Rule 8 -- Attacking and defending standpoints conclusively -- Rule 9
- Optimal use of the right to attack -- Rule 10 -- Optimal use of the right to defend -- Rule 11 -- Rule 12 -- The orderly conduct of the discussion -- Rule 13 -- Rule 14 -- Rights and obligations regarding usage declaratives -- Rule 15 -- 7 Fallacies -- The state of the art in the study of fallacies -- Fallacies and the concept of a critical discussion -- Violations of rules for the confrontation stage -- Violations of rules for the opening stage -- Violations of rules for the argumentation stage -- Violations of the rule for the concluding stage -- The pragma-dialectical discussion procedure and the analysis of fallacies -- Examples of an analysis of some well-known fallacies -- Fallacies and implicit language use -- The identification of fallacies -- 8 A Code of Conduct for Reasonable Discussants -- Characteristics of reasonable discussants -- Ten commandments for reasonable discussants -- References -- Index