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Giving Reasons: A Linguistic-Pragmatic Approach to Argumentation Theory - Argumentation Library 2011 edition
Lilian Bermejo Luque
Giving Reasons: A Linguistic-Pragmatic Approach to Argumentation Theory - Argumentation Library 2011 edition
Lilian Bermejo Luque
This book provides a new, linguistic approach to Argumentation Theory. Its main goal is to integrate the logical, dialectical and rhetorical dimensions of argumentation in a model providing a unitary treatment of its justificatory and persuasive powers. This model takes as its basis Speech Acts Theory in order to characterize argumentation as a second-order speech act complex. The result is a systematic and comprehensive theory of the interpretation, analysis and evaluation of arguments. This theory sheds light on the many faces of argumentative communication: verbal and non-verbal, monological and dialogical, literal and non-literal, ordinary and specialized.
The book takes into consideration the major current comprehensive accounts of good argumentation (Perelman?s New Rhetoric, Pragma-dialectics, the ARG model, the Epistemic Approach) and shows that these accounts have fundamental weaknesses rooted in their instrumentalist conception of argumentation as an activity oriented to a goal external to itself. Furthermore, the author addresses some challenging meta-theoretical questions such as the justification problem for Argumentation Theory models and the relationship between reasoning and arguing.
225 pages, biography
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 27, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9789400737846 |
Publishers | Springer |
Pages | 209 |
Dimensions | 232 × 156 × 16 mm · 326 g |
Language | English |
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