The revival of argumentation theory in the past few decades has
focused on its logical and dialectical dimensions, with less
attention paid to rhetorical features. This book explores and then
redresses this imbalance. Tindale examines important logical and
dialectical innovations in recent argumentation theory and shows
that they depend implicitly upon rhetorical features of argument
that have been suppressed in the account. This is illustrated using
two extended case studies, one looking at Shell International's
defense of its actions in Nigeria after the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa,
and the other exploring the uses of character-based argument and
testimony in a Holocaust-denial text and legal trial.
In addition to the case studies, two chapters treat serious
problems that plague current argumentation theory. The first
concerns the nature of fallacy; the second concerns the ties
between traditional argumentation and a model of rationality that
has been seriously critiqued by feminist and postmodernist
scholars. In both instances, the discussion indicates how a
rhetorical approach to argumentation offers fresh insights and
suggests responses to the questions raised.
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