Argumentation: Analysis, Evaluation, Presentation

by Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst, A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans

This text offers an introduction to analyzing, evaluating, and presenting oral and written argumentation, based on the pragma-dialetical tehory of arguement. It is intended for students of argumentation, applied linguistics, communication, philosophy

Genres: Logic

210 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Frans Hendrik van Eemeren is a Dutch scholar, professor in the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric at the University of Amsterdam. He is noted for his Pragma-dialectics theory, an argumentation theory which he developed with Rob Grootendorst from the early 1980s onwards. He has published numerous books and papers, including Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse.

Frans H. van Eemeren together with Rob Grootendorst, developed pragma-dialectics, or pragma-dialectical theory, at the University of Amsterdam. It is an argumentation theory that is used to analyze and evaluate argumentation in actual practice. Unlike strictly logical approaches (which focus on the study of argument as product), or purely communication approaches (which emphasize argument as a process), pragma-dialectics was developed to study the entirety of an argumentation as a discourse activity. Thus, the pragma-dialectical theory views argumentation as a complex speech act that occurs as part of natural language activities and has specific communicative goals.

Reviews

[Romi gon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bueno para ser de la facultad

[4nnet7 · Rating 2 out of 5]

No es muy divertido leer libros para la facultad, pero en sí está bueno, incluso tiene ejercicios

[Calam · Rating 4 out of 5]

concise, clear, informative, illustrative

[Daniel Esteban · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro sencillo y concreto que explica de manera amena la teoría de la argumentación, enseñando a identificar sus elementos y estructuras, también es muy útil la clasificación de falacias que arma, combinadas con las reglas de la comunicación. Todo explicado siempre con ejemplos y al final de cada capitulo acompaña una serie de ejercicios para realizar.

[Sergey Kochergan · Rating 5 out of 5]

10 rules for better logical speaking and arguing.

[Jimena Casillas · Rating 5 out of 5]

What we need to win a discussion?