A Theory of Argumentation

Establishes a theoretical context for, and to elaborate the implications of, the claim that argument is a form of interaction in which two or more people maintain what they construe to be incompatible positions

The thesis of this book is that argument is not a kind of logic but a kind of communication—conversation based on disagreement. Claims about the epistemic and political effects of argument get their authority not from logic but from their “fit with the facts” about how communication works. A Theory of Communication thus offers a picture of communication—distilled from elements of symbolic interactionism, personal construct theory, constructivism, and Barbara O’Keefe’s provocative thinking about logics of message design. The picture of argument that emerges from this tapestry is startling, for it forces revisions in thinking about knowledge, rationality, freedom, fallacies, and the structure and content of the argumentation discipline.

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A Theory of Argumentation

Establishes a theoretical context for, and to elaborate the implications of, the claim that argument is a form of interaction in which two or more people maintain what they construe to be incompatible positions

The thesis of this book is that argument is not a kind of logic but a kind of communication—conversation based on disagreement. Claims about the epistemic and political effects of argument get their authority not from logic but from their “fit with the facts” about how communication works. A Theory of Communication thus offers a picture of communication—distilled from elements of symbolic interactionism, personal construct theory, constructivism, and Barbara O’Keefe’s provocative thinking about logics of message design. The picture of argument that emerges from this tapestry is startling, for it forces revisions in thinking about knowledge, rationality, freedom, fallacies, and the structure and content of the argumentation discipline.

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A Theory of Argumentation

A Theory of Argumentation

by Charles Arthur Willard
A Theory of Argumentation

A Theory of Argumentation

by Charles Arthur Willard

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Establishes a theoretical context for, and to elaborate the implications of, the claim that argument is a form of interaction in which two or more people maintain what they construe to be incompatible positions

The thesis of this book is that argument is not a kind of logic but a kind of communication—conversation based on disagreement. Claims about the epistemic and political effects of argument get their authority not from logic but from their “fit with the facts” about how communication works. A Theory of Communication thus offers a picture of communication—distilled from elements of symbolic interactionism, personal construct theory, constructivism, and Barbara O’Keefe’s provocative thinking about logics of message design. The picture of argument that emerges from this tapestry is startling, for it forces revisions in thinking about knowledge, rationality, freedom, fallacies, and the structure and content of the argumentation discipline.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780817390426
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication date: 10/21/2015
Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 447 KB

About the Author

Charles Arthur Willard is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Louisville.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

General Introduction: Argument and Opposition

I. Argument as a Form of Communication Introduction

1. Constructivism and Interactionism

2. Argument as Interaction

3. Argument as Emergent Action

4. Argument as Utterance

5. Argument as Epistemic

6. Argument as Personal Influence

II. Argument's Family of Terms Introduction

7. Three Senses of Rationality

8. Freedom

III. Argumentation as a Discipline Introduction

9. Disciplined Discourse

10. Fallacy Theory

11. Argumentation's Sphere of Relevance

12. Positions

Bibliography

Index

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