A Systematic Theory of Argumentation: The pragma-dialectical approach
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by Frans H. van Eemeren
                                                                
                                    2020-12-29 08:45:49
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    A Systematic Theory of Argumentation: The pragma-dialectical approach
                                            
                                                            by Frans H. van Eemeren
                                                        
                                2020-12-29 08:45:49
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                Two authorities 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 an...
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                                                Two authorities 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 analyzing, evaluating and producing argumentative discourse. This major contribution to the study of argumentation will be of particular value to professionals and graduate students in speech communication, informal logic, rhetoric, critical thinking, linguistics, and philosophy.
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