Argument Structure: Representation and Theory /

• Main Author: Freeman, James B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Argumentation Library, 18
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Philosophy of Language.

This monograph presents a method of diagramming argument macrostructure, synthesizing the standard circle and arrow approach with the Toulmin model. A theoretical justification of this method through a dialectical understanding of argument, a critical examination of Toulmin on warrants, and a thorou...

Table of Contents:

• Preface.- Chapter One An Approach to Argument Macrostructure
• Chapter Two The Dialectical Nature of ARGUMENT
• Chapter Three Toulmin’s Problematic Notion of Warrant
• Chapter Four The Linked-Convergent Distinction–A First Approximation
• Chapter Five Argument Structure and Disciplinary Perspective: The Linked-Convergent versus Multiple-Co-ordinatively Compound Distinctions
• Chapter Six The Linked-Convergent Distinction–Refining the Criterion
• Chapter Seven Argument Structure and Enthymemes
• Chapter Eight From Analysis to Evaluation.-References.- Index.