An edition of A systematic theory of argumentation (2003)
A Systematic Theory of Argumentation
The pragma-dialectical approach
By Frans H. van Eemeren,Frans H. van Eemeren,Rob Grootendorst
Publish Date
November 17, 2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
eng
Pages
224
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.