Rhetorical Argumentation

Principles of Theory and Practice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

The study of argumentation has primarily focused on logical and dialectical approaches, with minimal attention given to the rhetorical facets of argument. Rhetorical Argumentation: Principles of Theory and Practice approaches argumentation from a rhetorical point of view and demonstrates how logical and dialectical considerations depend on the rhetorical features of the argumentative situation. Throughout this text, author Christopher W. Tindale identifies how argumentation as a communicative practice can best be understood by its rhetorical features.

Rhetorical Argumentation uniquely presents argumentation through the idea of an invitational rhetoric by encouraging readers to think about the ways in which they encounter arguments. The book explores the processes involved in the argumentative exchanges between arguers and audiences-thus, emphasizing the collaborative nature of the arguer-audience relationship in the argumentative situation. That is, argument is presented not as a set of ideas imposed upon a passive audience, but rather as a dynamic exchange wherein the audience is involved in self-persuasion.

Key Features:

Explores the ancient foundations of rhetoric, from Aristotle to the relatively contemporary works of Perelman and Olbrechts-Tytecta, Toulmin, and Bakhtin

Includes numerous examples illustrating the ways in which the reasoning within arguments involves the audience from premise through to conclusion

Presents the idea of "dialogism" drawn from the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin to create a more dynamic and interactive sense of the argumentative context

Examines current theory as well as the historical relationship between argument and rhetoric

Provides detailed discussions of topics such as nature of the dialogical, rhetorical context, audiences, and standards of appraisal.

Rhetorical Argumentation is designed to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a clear understanding of the rhetorical view of argumentation and how it can be effective in contemporary society. The book is an ideal text for courses in Communication, Rhetoric, Argumentation, Informal Logic, Critical Thinking, and Conflict Resolution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-07-20
Mått:152 x 228 x 17 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781412903998

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Mer om författaren

Christopher Tindale (Ph.D. & M.A., University of Waterloo; B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University) teaches and conducts research in the areas of argumentation theory, ethics, and ancient philosophy. Since 2000, he′s been an editor of the journal Informal Logic: Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice, and he presently sits on the editorial board of Controversia. He is the author of Acts of Arguing: A Rhetorical Model of Argument (SUNY Press, 1999), co-author of Good Reasoning Matters, Third Edition (Oxford University Press, 2004), and co-editor of Argumentation and Its Applications (forthcoming CD-Rom) and two other CD-ROMs, Argumentation at the Century′s Turn and Argumentation and Rhetoric. Recent work of his has appeared in the following journals: Argumentation; Informal Logic; ProtoSociology; Social Theory and Practice. In addition to teaching at Trent University, in 2001-2002 he was a research fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research), Bielefeld, Germany.

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This is a great book with wonderful information. It is easy to read and would be beneficial to students. This text would work well with certain approaches to argumentation courses.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: A Rhetorical Turn for ArgumentationAlice′s PredicamentModels of ArgumentBeyond the LogicalBeyond the DialecticalRhetoric and Rhetorical ArgumentationThe Path Ahead2. Argument as Rhetorical...Introduction: Rhetoric′s OriginArgument′s OriginRhetoric and Argument in Fifth- and Fourth- Century GreeceSophistic ArgumentSophistic Argument and the Notion of ′Fallacy′Rhetoric as Invitational3. ...And Rhetoric as ArgumentIntroduction: Rhetorical Figures and ArgumentsReboul on Figures and ArgumentsPerelman and Olbrechts-TytecaFahnestock′s Figural LogicFigures as ArgumentsConclusion4. Rhetorical Contexts and the DialogicalIntroduction: Dialogue and DialoguesBakhtin′s TerminologyDialogic ArgumentReflections on a Bakhtinian ModelExamplesConclusion5. Martians, Philosophers, and Reasonable People: The Construction of Objective StandardsIntroductionHow Martians ReasonThe Martian Standard and the Problems of EvaluationBakhtin′s SuperaddresseePerelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca′s Universal AudienceConclusion6. Developing the Universal AudienceIntroduction: Why the Universal Audience FailsReading the Universal Audience: Two ViewsReappraising the Universal AudienceApplying the Idea of a Universal Audience7. The Truth about Orangutans: Conflicting Criteria of Premise AdequacyIntroduction: Deep Disagreements Between Logic and RhetoricHamblin′s OrangutansThe Rhetoric of Philosophy: Metaphors as ArgumentAcceptabilityConclusion8. Rhetorical ConclusionsFrom Protagoras to BakhtinThe Rhetorical AudienceGoals of Rhetorical ArgumentationConclusions Without Conclusiveness