Argument Structure: [electronic resource] : Representation and Theory /
Freeman, James B.author.
This monograph presents a method of diagramming argument macrostructure, synthesizing the standard circle and arrow approach with the Toulmin model. A theoretical justification of this method through a dialectical understanding of argument, a critical examination of Toulmin on warrants, and a thorough discussion of the linked-convergent distinction follows. Discussion includes consideration of alternative understandings of  argument structure and its representation presented in Wigmore's chart method, Pollock's inference graphs, and the pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation. An account of the proper reconstruction of enthymemes and issues at the border of structural analysis versus evaluation of arguments conclude the book.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface.- Chapter One An Approach to Argument Macrostructure -- Chapter Two The Dialectical Nature of ARGUMENT -- Chapter Three Toulmin's Problematic Notion of Warrant -- Chapter Four The Linked-Convergent Distinction-A First Approximation -- Chapter Five Argument Structure and Disciplinary Perspective: The Linked-Convergent versus Multiple-Co-ordinatively Compound Distinctions -- Chapter Six The Linked-Convergent Distinction-Refining the Criterion -- Chapter Seven Argument Structure and Enthymemes -- Chapter Eight From Analysis to Evaluation.-References.- Index.
This monograph presents a method of diagramming argument macrostructure, synthesizing the standard circle and arrow approach with the Toulmin model. A theoretical justification of this method through a dialectical understanding of argument, a critical examination of Toulmin on warrants, and a thorough discussion of the linked-convergent distinction follows. Discussion includes consideration of alternative understandings of  argument structure and its representation presented in Wigmore's chart method, Pollock's inference graphs, and the pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation. An account of the proper reconstruction of enthymemes and issues at the border of structural analysis versus evaluation of arguments conclude the book.
Logic.
Language and languages-Philosophy.
Logic.
Philosophy of Language.
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