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Methods of Argumentation Douglas Walton (University of Windsor, Ontario)

Methods of Argumentation By Douglas Walton (University of Windsor, Ontario)

Methods of Argumentation by Douglas Walton (University of Windsor, Ontario)


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This book, written by a leading expert, and based on the latest research, shows how to apply methods of argumentation to a range of interesting examples. Written in a nontechnical style, the book explains what you most need to know by applying the methods to many real examples of arguments found in everyday conversational exchanges and legal argumentation.

Methods of Argumentation Summary

Methods of Argumentation by Douglas Walton (University of Windsor, Ontario)

Argumentation, which can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion, is an important skill to learn for everyday life, law, science, politics and business. The best way to learn it is to try it out on real instances of arguments found in everyday conversational exchanges and legal argumentation. The introductory chapter of this book gives a clear general idea of what the methods of argumentation are and how they work as tools that can be used to analyze arguments. Each subsequent chapter then applies these methods to a leading problem of argumentation. Today the field of computing has embraced argumentation as a paradigm for research in artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems. Another purpose of this book is to present and refine tools and techniques from computing as components of the methods that can be handily used by scholars in other fields.

Methods of Argumentation Reviews

'... successfully shows the methods of argumentation theory at work ... instructors of courses titled 'critical thinking' or 'informal logic' will want to add it to their own reading lists. Excellent bibliography and thorough index. Recommended. Graduate students and above.' R. C. Robinson, Choice

About Douglas Walton (University of Windsor, Ontario)

Douglas Walton currently holds the Assumption Chair in Argumentation Studies and is Distinguished Research Fellow of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric at the University of Windsor, Canada. His most recent book is Argumentation Schemes, coauthored with Chris Reed and Fabrizio Macagno (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Walton's work has been used to better prepare legal arguments and to help develop artificial intelligence. His books have been translated worldwide and he attracts students from many countries to study with him.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing some tools and basic concepts; 2. Argument attack, rebuttal, refutation, and defeat; 3. Arguments with missing parts; 4. Applying argumentation schemes; 5. Similarity, precedent, and argument from analogy; 6. Teleological argumentation to and from motives; 7. The Carneades model of scientific discovery and inquiry; 8. Fallacies, heuristics, and sophistical tactics; 9. The straw man fallacy.

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NPB9781107039308
9781107039308
1107039304
Methods of Argumentation by Douglas Walton (University of Windsor, Ontario)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2013-08-26
318
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