Dissociation In Argumentative Discussions A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective /

• Main Author: Rees, M. Agnes van (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Argumentation Library, 13
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Applied linguistics.; Applied Linguistics.

Dissociation is a pervasive argumentative technique that can be found in argumentative discussions from all realms of public and private life. Up till now, a comprehensive and systematic argumentation theoretical study of dissociation does not exist. This book aims to fill this gap. The treatment in...

Table of Contents:

• Dissociation
• The Concept of Dissociation
• The Uses of Dissociation
• Indicators of Dissociation
• Dissociation as a Discussion Technique
• The Model of Critical Discussion
• The Confrontation Stage
• The Opening Stage
• The Argumentation Stage
• The Concluding Stage
• The Strengths and Weaknesses of Dissociation
• The Dialectical Soundness of Dissociation
• The Persuasiveness of Dissociation
• An Extended Example.