A systematic theory of argumentation
Subtitle: the pragma-dialectical approach
By: Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst.
Contributors: Grootendorst, R.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Persuasion (Rhetoric); Pragmatics; Dialectic (Philosophy)
Description: "In A Systematic Theory of Argumentation, two of the leading figures in argumentation theory, Frans H. van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst, 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. In this approach, pragmatic and dialectical insights are combined by conceiving a critical discussion as a methodological exchange of speech acts between two parties." "A Systematic Theory of Argumentation 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index.