Giving Reasons - A Linguistic-Pragmatic Approach to Argumentation Theory (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)

This book provides a new, linguistic approach to Argumentation Theory. Its main goal is to integrate the logical, dialectical and rhetorical dimensions of argumentation in a model providing a unitary treatment of its justificatory and persuasive powers. This model takes as its basis Speech Acts Theory in order to characterize argumentation as a second-order speech act complex. The result is a systematic and comprehensive theory of the interpretation, analysis and evaluation of arguments. This theory sheds light on the many faces of argumentative communication: verbal and non-verbal, monological and dialogical, literal and non-literal, ordinary and specialized.
The book takes into consideration the major current comprehensive accounts of good argumentation (Perelman's New Rhetoric, Pragma-dialectics, the ARG model, the Epistemic Approach) and shows that these accounts have fundamental weaknesses rooted in their instrumentalist conception of argumentation as an activity oriented to a goal external to itself. Furthermore, the author addresses some challenging meta-theoretical questions such as the justification problem for Argumentation Theory models and the relationship between reasoning and arguing.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Argumentation Library, 20
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Lilian Bermejo Luque
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	209
Edition:	2011 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400717602
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Promotions
LSN:	9400717601
Barcode:	9789400717602

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