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Local Theories of Argument
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Local Theories of Argument
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Argumentation is often understood as a coherent set of Western
theories, birthed in Athens and developing throughout the Roman
period, the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment and Renaissance, and
into the present century. Ideas have been nuanced, developed, and
revised, but still the outline of argumentation theory has been
recognizable for centuries, or so it has seemed to Western
scholars. The 2019 Alta Conference on Argumentation (co-sponsored
by the National Communication Association and the American Forensic
Association) aimed to question the generality of these intellectual
traditions. This resulting collection of essays deals with the
possibility of having local theories of argument – local to a
particular time, a particular kind of issue, a particular place, or
a particular culture. Many of the papers argue for reconsidering
basic ideas about arguing to represent the uniqueness of some
moment or location of discourse. Other scholars are more
comfortable with the Western traditions, and find them congenial to
the analysis of arguments that originate in discernibly distinct
circumstances. The papers represent different methodologies, cover
the experiences of different nations at different times, examine
varying sorts of argumentative events (speeches, court decisions,
food choices, and sound), explore particular personal identities
and the issues highlighted by them, and have different overall
orientations to doing argumentation scholarship. Considered
together, the essays do not generate one simple conclusion, but
they stimulate reflection about the particularity or generality of
the experience of arguing, and therefore the scope of our theories.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2021 |
Editors: |
Dale Hample
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Dimensions: |
246 x 174mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
538 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-71038-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-367-71038-2 |
Barcode: |
9780367710385 |
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