A Systematic Theory of Argumentation by Frans H Van Eemeren

A Systematic Theory of Argumentation by Frans H Van Eemeren

In this book two of the leading figures in argumentation theory present a view of argumentation as a means of resolving differences of opinion by testing the acceptability of the disputed positions. Their model of a 'critical discussion' serves as a theoretical tool for analysing, evaluating and producing argumentative discourse. They develop a method for the reconstruction of argumentative discourse that takes into account all aspects that are relevant to a critical assessment. They also propose a practical code of behaviour for discussants who want to resolve their differences in a reasonable way. This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation and will be of particular value to professionals and graduate students in speech communication, informal logic, rhetoric, critical thinking, linguistics, and philosophy.

'This is the most important argumentation theory in the world todayIt is the only theory that incorporates a developed underlying philosophical perspective with a complete elaboration of a theory and a full account of its practical applications. It is the only theory that integrates insights from the complete range of fields in which argumentation is studied (among others: linguistics, philosophy of language, logic, communications, rhetoric) … It has had simply a huge influence on argumentation studies around the world.' J. Anthony Blair, University of Windsor
'… a major event in argumentation theory scholarship.' Michael C. Leff, Northwestern University

Frans H. van Eemeren is President of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA) and the International Learned Institute of Argumentation Studies (ILIAS), Emeritus Professor of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric at the University of Amsterdam, Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association (U.S.) and Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Lugano (Switzerland). He is a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam and Guest Professor at Leiden University, Jiangsu University, Sun-yat Sen University and Zhejiang University. Van Eemeren is a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He is founder of the Pragma-Dialectical theory of argumentation and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Argumentation, the Journal of Argumentation in Context and the accompanying book series Library of Argumentation and Argumentation in Context. The monographs he (co)authored include Speech Acts in Argumentative Discussions (1984), Argumentation, Communication, and Fallacies (1992), Reconstructing Argumentative Discourse (1993), A Systematic Theory of Argumentation (2004), Argumentative Indicators in Discourse (2007), Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonableness (2009), Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse (2010), Handbook of Argumentation Theory (2014), Reasonableness and Effectiveness in Argumentative Discourse (2015), Prototypical Argumentative Patterns in Discourse (2017) and Argumentation Theory: A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective (2018).

Bart Garssen is lecturer in the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric in the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include argument schemes, fallacies and political argumentation. Next to his dissertation in Dutch about argument schemes in a pragma-dialectical perspective, he published book chapters and articles about theoretical problems relating to the use of argument schemes, strategic manoeuvring in plenary debates in the European Parliament and argumentative patterns in political argumentative discourse. He is editor of the journal Argumentation and the Journal of Argumentation in Context (Benjamins) and the accompanying book series Argumentation Library and Argumentation in Context.

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ISBN 13	9780521537728
ISBN 10	052153772X
Title	A Systematic Theory of Argumentation
Author	Frans H Van Eemeren
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2003-11-17
Number of pages	226
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