This book, written by a leading expert, and based on the latest research, shows how to apply methods of argumentation to a range of examples.
"This reader is designed to support Composition II courses focused on methods and techniques of argument.
The book provides a survey of the leading problems, and outlines how future research using argumentation-based methods show great promise of leading to useful solutions.
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This volume is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in those fields using argumentation theory--especially philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science and communication studies, in addition to argumentation.
In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward. That is a very useful accomplishment, ... This power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backward, or analytically. There is a way to model the ...
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The book teaches by using examples of arguments in dialogues, both in the text itself and in the exercises. Examples of controversial legal, political, and ethical arguments are analyzed.
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This book promotes the development of theoretical tools for this task. This book provides theoretical tools for evaluating the soundness of arguments in the context of legal argumentation.
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