The Practice of Argumentation

The Practice of Argumentation
Author: David Zarefsky
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781107034716

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Explores how we justify our beliefs - and try to influence those of others - both soundly and effectively.

Mathematical Argumentation in Middle School The What Why and How

Mathematical Argumentation in Middle School The What  Why  and How
Author: Jennifer Knudsen,Harriette S. Stevens,Teresa Lara-Meloy,Hee-Joon Kim,Nikki Schechtman,Nicole Shechtman
Publsiher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781506394237

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This research-based book brings tough Standards for Mathematical Practice 3 standards for mathematical argumentation and critical reasoning alive - all within a thoroughly explained four-part model that covers generating cases, conjecturing, justifying, and concluding.

Argumentation

Argumentation
Author: Frans H. van Eemeren,A. Francisca Sn Henkemans
Publsiher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2016-11-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781315401133

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This book concentrates on argumentation as it emerges in ordinary discourse, whether the discourse is institutionalized or strictly informal. Crucial concepts from the theory of argumentation are systematically discussed and explained with the help of examples from real-life discourse and texts. The basic principles are explained that are instrumental in the analysis and evaluation of argumentative discourse. Methodical instruments are offered for identifying differences of opinion, analyzing and evaluating argumentation and presenting arguments in oral and written discourse. Attention is also paid to the way in which arguers attempt to be not just reasonable, but effective as well, by maneuvering strategically. In addition, the book provides a great variety of exercises and assignments to improve the student’s skill in presenting argumentation. The authors begin their treatment of argumentation theory at the same juncture where argumentation also starts in practice: The difference of opinion that occasions the evolvement of the argumentation. Each chapter begins with a short summary of the essentials and ends with a number of exercises that students can use to master the material. Argumentation is the first introductory textbook of this kind. It is intended as a general introduction for students who are interested in a proper conduct of argumentative discourse. Suggestions for further reading are made for each topic and several extra assignments are added to the exercises. Special features: • A concise and complete treatment of both the theoretical backgrounds and the practice of argumentation analysis and evaluation. • Crucial concepts from pragmatics (speech act theory, Grice’s cooperative principle) presented in a non-technical way; introducing the theory of verbal communication. • The first textbook treatment of strategic maneuvering as a way of balancing being reasonable with being effective • Exercises and assignments based on real-life texts from a variety of contexts.

Elements of Argumentation

Elements of Argumentation
Author: Philippe Besnard,Anthony Hunter
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: UOM:39015079215045

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Background and techniques for formalizing deductive argumentation in a logic-based framework for artificial intelligence.

Visualizing Argumentation

Visualizing Argumentation
Author: Paul A. Kirschner,Simon J. Buckingham Shum,Chad S. Carr
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781447100379

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This text examines the use of collaboration technologies in the problem-solving or decision-making process. These systems are widely used in both education and in the workplace to enable virtual groups to discuss and exchange ideas on issues ranging from applied problems to theoretical debate. While some systems are text-based, the majority rely on visualization techniques to allow participants to represent their ideas in a more flexible, graphical form. The text evaluates existing systems, and looks at how the specific needs of users in both educational and corporate environments can be reflected in the design of new systems.

Argumentation in Actual Practice

Argumentation in Actual Practice
Author: Frans H. van Eemeren,Bart Garssen
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027262134

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Argumentation in Actual Practice contains a collection of topical studies about argumentative discourse in context written by argumentation scholars from a diversity of academic backgrounds. Some contributions provide general perspectives, other contributions deal with specific issues, particular types of argumentative discourse or individual argumentative speech events. The contexts in which argumentation is examined vary from politics and the media to medical, juridical, educational, commercial or military contexts, a specific academic discipline, a special issue or pertain to all kinds of contextualised argumentative discourse. The issues discussed include the interpretation and analysis of argumentation, strategic manoeuvring, argument schemes, the stock issues, the fallacies, the principle of charity and the persuasiveness of argumentative discourse. A common feature is that they are all empirically-oriented and that virtually all of them are strongly concerned with an adequate understanding of contextualised argumentative discourse and the factors that may increase or decrease its reasonableness and effectiveness.

Inference in Argumentation

Inference in Argumentation
Author: Eddo Rigotti,Sara Greco
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2018-12-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9783030045685

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This book investigates the role of inference in argumentation, considering how arguments support standpoints on the basis of different loci. The authors propose and illustrate a model for the analysis of the standpoint-argument connection, called Argumentum Model of Topics (AMT). A prominent feature of the AMT is that it distinguishes, within each and every single argumentation, between an inferential-procedural component, on which the reasoning process is based; and a material-contextual component, which anchors the argument in the interlocutors’ cultural and factual common ground. The AMT explains how these components differ and how they are intertwined within each single argument. This model is introduced in Part II of the book, following a careful reconstruction of the enormously rich tradition of studies on inference in argumentation, from the antiquity to contemporary authors, without neglecting medieval and post-medieval contributions. The AMT is a contemporary model grounded in a dialogue with such tradition, whose crucial aspects are illuminated in this book.

Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation

Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation
Author: J. Anthony Blair
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9400723636

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J. Anthony Blair is a prominent international figure in argumentation studies. He is among the originators of informal logic, an author of textbooks on the informal logic approach to argument analysis and evaluation and on critical thinking, and a founder and editor of the journal Informal Logic. Blair is widely recognized among the leaders in the field for contributing formative ideas to the argumentation literature of the last few decades. This selection of key works provides insights into the history of the field of argumentation theory and various related disciplines. It illuminates the central debates and presents core ideas in four main areas: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, Argument Theory and Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric.