Douglas N. Walton is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation, also published by SUNY Press and The Place of Emotion in Argument. Erik C. W. Krabbe is Associate Professor of Logic and Argumentation Theory in the Philosophy Department at Groningen University. He is the coauthor of From Axiom to Dialogue: A Philosophical Study of Logics and Argumentation, and coeditor of Logic and Political Culture: Proceedings of the Colloquium 'Logic and Politics', Amsterdam 19-22 February 1990 and Empirical Logic and Public Debate: Essays in Honour of Else M. Barth.

• Preface Introduction Lorenzen's Dialogue LogicHamblin's Dialectical SystemsDialogues as Contexts of Argumentation and CommitmentThe Problem of RetractionNew Features Used to Solve the Problem 1. The Anatomy of Commitment 1.1. Action Commitment1.2. Propositional Commitment1.3. Problems to Be Solved1.4. Summary 2. The Dynamics of Commitment 2.1. Incurring of Commitment2.2. Loss of Commitment2.3. Relations between Commitments2.4. Clashing Commitments and Inconsistency2.5. Problems to Be Solved2.6. Summary 3. Dialogues: Types, Goals, and Shifts 3.1. Types and Goals of Dialogue: A Sketch3.2. Complex Dialogue: A Case Study3.3. Dialectical Shifts3.4. Illicit Shifts and Fallacies3.5. Problems to Be Solved3.6. Summary 4. Systems of Dialogue Rules 4.1. Tightening Up and Dark-Side Commitment4.2. Technical Preliminaries4.3. Permissive Persuasion Dialogue (PPD ) 4.3.1. General Description of Permissive Persuasion Dialogue4.3.2. Examples of Permissive Persuasion Dialogues4.3.3. Problems of Commitment Management in Permissive Persuasion Dialogue4.3.4. Rules of PPD 4.4. Rigorous Persuasion Dialogue (RPD ) 4.4.1. General Description of Rigorous Persuasion Dialogue4.4.2. Rules of RPD 4.5. Complex Persuasion Dialogue4.6. Problems to Be Solved4.7. Summary 5. Conclusions and Prospects 5.1. How Can Systems of Dialogue Be Used to Evaluate Conversational Argumentation5.2. Extensions of PPD 5.3. Dark-Side Commitments Again5.4. Summary: Three Types of Commitment Appendix: A Precis of Action-State Semantics Notes Bibliography Index

Douglas N. Walton is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation, also published by SUNY Press and The Place of Emotion in Argument. Erik C. W. Krabbe is Associate Professor of Logic and Argumentation Theory in the Philosophy Department at Groningen University. He is the coauthor of From Axiom to Dialogue: A Philosophical Study of Logics and Argumentation, and coeditor of Logic and Political Culture: Proceedings of the Colloquium 'Logic and Politics', Amsterdam 19-22 February 1990 and Empirical Logic and Public Debate: Essays in Honour of Else M. Barth.

• Preface Introduction Lorenzen's Dialogue LogicHamblin's Dialectical SystemsDialogues as Contexts of Argumentation and CommitmentThe Problem of RetractionNew Features Used to Solve the Problem 1. The Anatomy of Commitment 1.1. Action Commitment1.2. Propositional Commitment1.3. Problems to Be Solved1.4. Summary 2. The Dynamics of Commitment 2.1. Incurring of Commitment2.2. Loss of Commitment2.3. Relations between Commitments2.4. Clashing Commitments and Inconsistency2.5. Problems to Be Solved2.6. Summary 3. Dialogues: Types, Goals, and Shifts 3.1. Types and Goals of Dialogue: A Sketch3.2. Complex Dialogue: A Case Study3.3. Dialectical Shifts3.4. Illicit Shifts and Fallacies3.5. Problems to Be Solved3.6. Summary 4. Systems of Dialogue Rules 4.1. Tightening Up and Dark-Side Commitment4.2. Technical Preliminaries4.3. Permissive Persuasion Dialogue (PPD ) 4.3.1. General Description of Permissive Persuasion Dialogue4.3.2. Examples of Permissive Persuasion Dialogues4.3.3. Problems of Commitment Management in Permissive Persuasion Dialogue4.3.4. Rules of PPD 4.4. Rigorous Persuasion Dialogue (RPD ) 4.4.1. General Description of Rigorous Persuasion Dialogue4.4.2. Rules of RPD 4.5. Complex Persuasion Dialogue4.6. Problems to Be Solved4.7. Summary 5. Conclusions and Prospects 5.1. How Can Systems of Dialogue Be Used to Evaluate Conversational Argumentation5.2. Extensions of PPD 5.3. Dark-Side Commitments Again5.4. Summary: Three Types of Commitment Appendix: A Precis of Action-State Semantics Notes Bibliography Index

Douglas N. Walton is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation, also published by SUNY Press and The Place of Emotion in Argument. Erik C. W. Krabbe is Associate Professor of Logic and Argumentation Theory in the Philosophy Department at Groningen University. He is the coauthor of From Axiom to Dialogue: A Philosophical Study of Logics and Argumentation, and coeditor of Logic and Political Culture: Proceedings of the Colloquium 'Logic and Politics', Amsterdam 19-22 February 1990 and Empirical Logic and Public Debate: Essays in Honour of Else M. Barth.

• Preface Introduction Lorenzen's Dialogue LogicHamblin's Dialectical SystemsDialogues as Contexts of Argumentation and CommitmentThe Problem of RetractionNew Features Used to Solve the Problem 1. The Anatomy of Commitment 1.1. Action Commitment1.2. Propositional Commitment1.3. Problems to Be Solved1.4. Summary 2. The Dynamics of Commitment 2.1. Incurring of Commitment2.2. Loss of Commitment2.3. Relations between Commitments2.4. Clashing Commitments and Inconsistency2.5. Problems to Be Solved2.6. Summary 3. Dialogues: Types, Goals, and Shifts 3.1. Types and Goals of Dialogue: A Sketch3.2. Complex Dialogue: A Case Study3.3. Dialectical Shifts3.4. Illicit Shifts and Fallacies3.5. Problems to Be Solved3.6. Summary 4. Systems of Dialogue Rules 4.1. Tightening Up and Dark-Side Commitment4.2. Technical Preliminaries4.3. Permissive Persuasion Dialogue (PPD ) 4.3.1. General Description of Permissive Persuasion Dialogue4.3.2. Examples of Permissive Persuasion Dialogues4.3.3. Problems of Commitment Management in Permissive Persuasion Dialogue4.3.4. Rules of PPD 4.4. Rigorous Persuasion Dialogue (RPD ) 4.4.1. General Description of Rigorous Persuasion Dialogue4.4.2. Rules of RPD 4.5. Complex Persuasion Dialogue4.6. Problems to Be Solved4.7. Summary 5. Conclusions and Prospects 5.1. How Can Systems of Dialogue Be Used to Evaluate Conversational Argumentation5.2. Extensions of PPD 5.3. Dark-Side Commitments Again5.4. Summary: Three Types of Commitment Appendix: A Precis of Action-State Semantics Notes Bibliography Index