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The study of argumentation has primarily focused on logical and dialectical approaches, with minimal attention given to the rhetorical facets of argument. Rhetorical Argumentation: Principles of Theory and Practice approaches argumentation from a rhetorical point of view and demonstrates how logical and dialectical considerations depend on the rhetorical features of the argumentative situation. Throughout this text, author Christopher W. Tindale identifies how argumentation as a communicative practice can best be understood by its rhetorical features.
Martians, Philosophers, and Reasonable People: The Construction of Objectivity
Martians, Philosophers, and Reasonable People: The Construction of Objectivity
Introduction
Bakhtin's theory of dialogical relationships opens up our ways of thinking about how arguers anticipate and incorporate the ideas of their audiences and how the argumentative context is alive with the contributions of two (or more) parties. Each of two apparently opposing views is influenced by the view that it opposes. Thus dialogism enriches not just our understanding of contexts but also of the contributions of rhetorical audiences. But such audiences themselves present us with a plethora of challenges. In particular, they raise a central question of assessment, of how argumentation ought to be evaluated and judged. The next three chapters will take up this issue in different ...
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