Dialectic and Rhetoric : The Warp and Woof of Argumentation Analysis /

This volume discusses two distinct perspectives on the analysis of argumentative discourse: the dialectical and the rhetorical perspective. Both theoretical approaches have a long and eminent history, which is also complex. After their first development in Antiquity, remarkable changes have taken pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eemeren, Frans H.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Houtlosser, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
Series:Argumentation library ; 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. And Always the Twain Shall Meet
  • 2. Reasonable Argument Before Aristotle: The Roots of the Enthymeme
  • 3. Meeting in the House of Callias: an Historical Perspective on Rhetoric and Dialectic
  • 4. Rhetoric and Dialectic: Some Historical and Legal Perspectives
  • 5. The Relation Between Dialectic and Rhetoric in a Classical and a Modern Perspective
  • 6. Evaluating Argumentative Discourse from a Rhetorical Perspective: Defining `Person' and `Human Life' in Constitutional Disputes over Abortion
  • 7. Designing Issues
  • 8. Pivotal Issues and Norms in Rhetorical Theories of Argumentation
  • 9. Messages, Functional Contexts, and Categories of Fallacy: Some Dialectical and Rhetorical Considerations
  • 10. Strategic Maneuvering: Maintaining a Delicate Balance
  • The Contributors
  • Index of Names.