Handbook of Argumentation Theory

• Main Authors: van Eemeren, Frans H. (Author), Garssen, Bart (Author), Krabbe, Erik C. W. (Author), Snoeck Henkemans, A. Francisca (Author), Verheij, Bart (Author), Wagemans, Jean H. M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Linguistics.; Law.; Social sciences.; Philosophy, general.; Linguistics, general.; Social Sciences, general.; Law, general.

The Handbook Argumentation Theory provides an up to date survey of the various theoretical contributions to the development of argumentation theory for all scholars interested in argumentation, informal logic and rhetoric. It describes the historical roots of modern argumentation theory that are sti...

Table of Contents:

• Preface.- Acknowledgement
• 1. Argumentation theory
• 2. Classical backgrounds
• 4. Toulmin’s model of argumentation
• 5. The new rhetoric
• 6. Formal dialectical approaches
• 7. Informal logic
• 8. Communication studies and rhetoric
• 9. Linguistic approaches
• 10. The pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation
• 11. Argumentation and artificial intelligence
• 12. Research in related disciplines and non-Anglophone areas
• Classified bibliography.- Alphabetical bibliography.- Name Index.- Subject Index.