Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory

From the book reviews: "It provides the reader with a compendium of studies that enable one to stay abreast of recent developments that can in turn be used to inform one's research and teaching. While these contributions are clearly intended for a scholarly audience, the contributions are written in such a manner that beginning graduate students, and potentially advanced undergraduates, would find the contributions informative and helpful." (Mark Aakhus, Argumentation, Vol. 28, 2014)

• Introduction: Some Highlights in Recent Theorizing; Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen.- Part I: Theoretical Perspectives.- 1. Rhetorical Argument; James F. Klumpp.- 2. Meta-Argumentation: Prolegomena to a Dutch Project; Maurice A. Finocchiaro.- 3. Wittgenstein’s Influence on Hamblin’s Concept of “Dialectical”; Ralph H. Johnson.- Part II: Views on Dissensus and Deep Disagreement.- 4. Can Argumentation Really Deal with Dissensus?; James B. Freeman.- 5. The Appeal for Transcendence: A Possible Response to Cases of Deep Disagreement; David Zarefsky.- 6. Cultural Diversity, Cognitive Breaks, and Deep Disagreement: Polemic Argument; Manfred Kraus.- Part III: Types of Argumentation.- 7. When Figurative Analogies Fail: Fallacious Uses of Arguments from Analogy; Manfred Kienpointner.- 8. Wellman and Govier on Weighing Considerations in Conductive Pro and Contra Arguments; Thomas Fischer.- 9. Evaluating Pragmatic Argumentation: A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective;  Constanza Ihnen Jory.- Part IV: Classical Themes Revisited.- 10. The Nature and Purpose of Dialectic: Aristotle and Contemporary Argumentation Theory; Marta Spranzi.- 11. The Ethos of Classical Rhetoric: from Epieikeia to Auctorias; Janja Žmavc.- 12. The Emotions’ Impact on Audience Judgments and Decision-Making in Aristotle’s Rhetoric; Andreas Welzel and Christopher W. Tindale.- 13. Argumentative Topoi for Refutation and Confirmation; Anders Eriksson.- Part V: Visual Argumentation.- 14. Image, Evidence, Argument; Ian J. Dove.- 15. Visual Tropes and Figures as Visual Argumentation; Jens E. Kjeldsen.- 16. Iconicity in Visual and Verbal Argumentation; Paul van den Hoven.- 17. Visual Argumentation: A Reappraisal; Georges Roque.- Part VI: Empirical Research.- 18. The Argumentative Structure of some Persuasive Appeal Variations; Daniel J. O’Keefe.- 19. The Costs and Benefits of Arguing: Predicting the Decision Whether to Engage or Not; Dale Hample, Fabio Paglieri and Ling Na.- 20. The ExtendedPragma-Dialectical Argumentation Theory Empirically Interpreted; Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Bert Meuffels.- List of Contributors.