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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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2002.
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| Series: | Argumentation library ;
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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.