Reconstructing argumentative discourse /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.
Description:xiii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in rhetoric and communication
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1555496
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Other authors / contributors:Eemeren, F. H. van (Frans Hendrik), 1946-
ISBN:0817306978 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Reconciling Descriptive and Normative Insights. Speech Act Rules. Interactional Principles of Cooperation and Alignment. Four Core Commitments in the Study of Argumentation. Speech Acts and the Four Core Commitments
  • 2. A Starting Point for Normative Description. Five Components of the Study of Argumentation. An Ideal Model of Argumentative Discourse. Higher-Order Conditions. Ideal Model and Actual Practice
  • 3. Principles and Procedures for Normative Reconstruction. Normative Reconstruction. Interpretive Problems in Reconstruction. Approaches to Analysis and Reconstruction
  • 4. Dialectical Reconstruction. Reconstruction Transformations. An Extended Example. The Analytic Overview
  • 5. The Pragmatic Organization of Conversational Argument. Normative and Naive Reconstruction. Virtual Standpoints and Disagreement Space. Hierarchical Organization of Standpoints. Felicity Conditions and "Issue Structure" in Argumentation. Case Study: Responses to an Editorial Opinion. Conclusions
  • 6. Mediation as Critical Discussion. Third Party Dispute Mediation. Engineering Solutions in Discourse. Conclusions
  • 7. Failures in Higher Order Conditions in the Organization of Witnessing and Heckling Episodes. Fields of Argumentation. Witnessing and Heckling. Standpoints and Perspectives. Reflexive Structuring of Confrontation. Conclusions
  • 8. Directions for Elaboration of the Model. Implications for Philosophical Concepts of Reasonableness. Implications for Normative Models. Implications for Analytic Methods. Implications for Empirical Description. Implications for Practical Research.