Table of Contents
Argumentation: The Study of
Effective Reasoning, 2nd Edition
Part I
Professor Biography............................................................................................i
Course Scope.......................................................................................................1
Lecture One Introducing Argumentation and Rhetoric..................5
Lecture Two Underlying Assumptions of Argumentation..............9
Lecture Three Formal and Informal Argumentation.......................13
Lecture Four History of Argumentation Studies...........................17
Lecture Five Argument Analysis and Diagramming....................21
Lecture Six Complex Structures of Argument............................26
Lecture Seven Case ConstructionRequirements and Options.....32
Lecture Eight StasisThe Heart of the Controversy.....................36
Lecture Nine Attack and Defense I...............................................40
Lecture Ten Attack and Defense II..............................................43
Lecture Eleven Language and Style in Argument............................46
Lecture Twelve Evaluating Evidence................................................49
Glossary.............................................................................................................53
Biographical Notes............................................................................................60
Bibliography......................................................................................................63