Contributions

  • Grootendorst, R. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing843445

Classifications

  • DDC808
  • LCCP301.5.P47 G76 2004

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.

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  • A systematic theory of argumentation: the pragma-dialectical approachCambridge University Press2004-01-01
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