Reflections on Theoretical Issues in Argumentation Theory

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Eemeren, Frans H. (Editor), Garssen, Bart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Argumentation Library, 28
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Applied linguistics.; Literacy.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Communication.; Communication Studies.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Applied Linguistics.

This volume presents a selection of papers reflecting key theoretical issues in argumentation theory. Its six sections are devoted to specific themes, including the analysis and evaluation of argumentation, argument schemes, and the contextual embedding of argumentation. The section on general persp...

Table of Contents:

• Bingo! Promising developments in argumentation theory
• What is informal logic?
• Towards a foundation for argumentation theory
• The agentive approach to argumentation: A proposal
• Conductive argumentation, degrees of confidence, and the communication of uncertainty
• The linked-convergent distinction
• Identifying the warrant of an argument
• Where is visual argument?
• Missed opportunities in argument evaluation
• Ubiquity, ambiguity and meta-rationality: Searching for the fallacy of composition
• Don’t feed the trolls: Straw men and iron men
• Story credibility in narrative arguments.