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Decision by Debate

By: Douglas Ehninger,Wayne Brockriede

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Decision by Debate broke new ground in argumentation and debate with its publication in 1963. Ehninger and Brockriede were the first to recognize debate as fundamentally a co-operative enterprise, with the competitive clash of ideas occurring within a framework in which everyone has the opportunity to speak, in which everyone agrees to suspend judgment until all arguments are presented, in which everyone agrees to abide by the decision of the adjudicator. The most lasting legacy of the work is its break with formal, deductive logic and its introduction of Stephen Toulmin's model of argument to undergraduate student debaters, which, since then, has become a mainstay of what many have called the Renaissance of argumentation studies. Without the work presented in Decision by Debate, contemporary interdisciplinary views of argumentation that now dominate many disciplines might have never have taken place or at least have been severely delayed.

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1932716475

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Principles of Public Speaking

By: Kathleen M. German,Bruce E Gronbeck,Douglas Ehninger,Alan H. Monroe

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Principles of Public Speaking

By: Kathleen M. German,Bruce E Gronbeck,Douglas Ehninger,Alan H. Monroe

Balancing skills and theory, Principles of Public Speaking emphasizes orality, Internet technology, and critical thinking as it encourages the reader to see public speaking as a way to build community in today's diverse world. Within a framework that emphasizes speaker responsibility, critical thinking and listening, and cultural awareness, this classic book uses examples from college, workplace, political, and social communication to make the study of public speaking relevant, contemporary, and exciting. This brief but comprehensive book also offers the reader the latest in using technology in speechmaking, featuring a unique and exciting integrated text and technology learning system.

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1315506246

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Speaking to Good Effect

An introduction to the theory and practice of rhetoric

By: Douglas Gordon Lawrie

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Speaking to Good Effect

An introduction to the theory and practice of rhetoric

By: Douglas Gordon Lawrie

Speaking to Good Effect introduces students to the ancient and ubiquitous art of rhetoric. Whenever we try to achieve something with words as our tools, we become rhetoricians. Whenever we respond – positively or negatively – to someone else’s words, we become rhetorical critics. It is, therefore, not surprising that the art of rhetoric has been studied and taught for more than twenty?four centuries.

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AFRICAN SUN MeDIA

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1920109080

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One-Sided Arguments

A Dialectical Analysis of Bias

By: Douglas Walton

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One-Sided Arguments

A Dialectical Analysis of Bias

By: Douglas Walton

A practical manual for evaluating bias that will be useful to anyone who has to deal with arguments, whether in academic reading or writing, or in everyday conversation.

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SUNY Press

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0791442683

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9780791442685

Fallacies Arising from Ambiguity

By: Douglas Walton

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Fallacies Arising from Ambiguity

By: Douglas Walton

We are happy to present to the reader the first book of our Applied Logic Series. Walton's book on the fallacies of ambiguity is firmly at the heart of practical reasoning, an important part of applied logic. There is an increasing interest in artifIcial intelligence, philosophy, psychol ogy, software engineering and linguistics, in the analysis and possible mechanisation of human practical reasoning. Continuing the ancient quest that began with Aristotle, computer scientists, logicians, philosophers and linguists are vigorously seeking to deepen our understanding of human reasoning and argumentation. Significant communities of researchers are actively engaged in developing new approaches to logic and argumentation, which are better suited to the urgent needs of today's applications. The author of this book has, over many years, made significant contributions to the detailed analysis of practical reasoning case studies, thus providing solid foundations for new and more applicable formal logical systems. We welcome Doug Walton's new book to our series.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401586322

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9789401586320

Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning

By: Douglas Walton

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Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning

By: Douglas Walton

Recent concerns with the evaluation of argumentation in informal logic and speech communication center around nondemonstrative arguments that lead to tentative or defeasible conclusions based on a balance of considerations. Such arguments do not appear to have structures of the kind traditionally identified with deductive and inductive reasoning, but are extremely common and are often called "plausible" or "presumptive," meaning that they are only provisionally acceptable even when they are correct. How is one to judge, by some clearly defined standard, whether such arguments are correct or not in a given instance? The answer lies in what are called argumentation schemes -- forms of argument (structures of inference) that enable one to identify and evaluate common types of argumentation in everyday discourse. This book identifies 25 argumentation schemes for presumptive reasoning and matches a set of critical questions to each. These two elements -- the scheme and the questions -- are then used to evaluate a given argument in a particular case in relation to a context of dialogue in which the argument occurred. In recent writings on argumentation, there is a good deal of stress placed on how important argumentation schemes are in any attempt to evaluate common arguments in everyday reasoning as correct or fallacious, acceptable or questionable. However, the problem is that the literature thus far has not produced a precise and user-friendly enough analysis of the structures of the argumentation schemes themselves, nor have any of the documented accounts been as helpful, accessible, or systematic as they could be, especially in relation to presumptive reasoning. This book solves the problem by presenting the most common presumptive schemes in an orderly and clear way that makes them explicit and useful as precisely defined structures. As such, it will be an indispensable tool for researchers, students, and teachers in the areas of critical thinking, argumentation, speech communication, informal logic, and discourse analysis.

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1136687068

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Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation

By: Douglas Walton

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Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation

By: Douglas Walton

This book provides a practical and accessible way of evaluating good and bad arguments used in everyday conversations by applying normative models of dialectical (interactive) argumentation, where two parties reason together in an orderly and cooperative way. Using case studies, the author analyzes correct and incorrect uses of argumentation on controversial issues that engage the reader's interest while illustrating points in a practical way. Walton gives clear explanations of the most common errors and tricky deceptions — traditionally called "fallacies" — that can trip up an unwary arguer.

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State University of New York Press

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1438423233

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Informal Logic

A Handbook for Critical Argument

By: Douglas N. Walton

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Informal Logic

A Handbook for Critical Argument

By: Douglas N. Walton

This is an introductory guide to the basic principles of constructing good arguments and criticizing bad ones. It is nontechnical in its approach, and is based on 150 key examples, each discussed and evaluated in clear, illustrative detail. The author explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He shows how correct uses of argument are based on sound argument strategies for reasoned persuasion and critical questions for responding. Among the many subjects covered are: techniques of posing, replying to, and criticizing questions, forms of valid argument, relevance, appeals to emotion, personal attack, uses and abuses of expert opinion, problems in deploying statistics, loaded terms, equivocation, and arguments from analogy.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521379253

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9780521379250

Fallacies

Selected Papers 1972–1982

By: John Woods,Douglas Walton

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Fallacies

Selected Papers 1972–1982

By: John Woods,Douglas Walton

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3110816083

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Burden of Proof, Presumption and Argumentation

By: Douglas Walton

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Burden of Proof, Presumption and Argumentation

By: Douglas Walton

This book explains how burden of proof and presumption work as powerful devices in argumentation, based on studying many clearly explained legal and non-legal examples. It shows how the latest argumentation-based methods of artificial intelligence can be applied to these examples to help us understand how burdens of proof and presumptions work as devices of legal reasoning. It also shows the reader how to deal with presumptions and burdens of proof in everyday life, as they shift from one side to the other, sometimes confusingly, during a sequence of argumentation.

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1107046629

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Group Discussion

A Practical Guide to Participation and Leadership, Fourth Edition

By: Kathryn Sue Young,Julia T. Wood,Gerald M. Phillips,Douglas J. Pedersen

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Group Discussion

A Practical Guide to Participation and Leadership, Fourth Edition

By: Kathryn Sue Young,Julia T. Wood,Gerald M. Phillips,Douglas J. Pedersen

This affordable, concise guide to group discussion offers comprehensive coverage of the standard agenda, an approach that works for any problem-solving discussion. Readers learn a proven, relevant, practical approach to solving problems. The authors emphasize the creative potential of individuals and urge them to apply that creativity to their discussions, including imaginative ways to foster equal participation, inventive gathering of background information, rhetorically-sensitive handling of conflict, and critical assessment of potential solutions to a problem. Dynamic group discussion is a rewarding experience, and this book maps the route to effective communication in groups for participants and for leaders. As a collective effort, group discussion provides firsthand experience of the enhancement of individual abilities when working as part of a team, encouraging mutual respect and the synergies of collaborative efforts.

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1478610670

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Decision by Debate

By: Douglas Ehninger,Wayne Brockriede

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By: Douglas Ehninger,Wayne Brockriede

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Principles of Public Speaking

By: Kathleen M. German,Bruce E Gronbeck,Douglas Ehninger,Alan H. Monroe

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By: Kathleen M. German,Bruce E Gronbeck,Douglas Ehninger,Alan H. Monroe

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Principles of Public Speaking, Books a la Carte Edition

By: Kathleen M. German,Bruce E. Gronbeck,Douglas Ehninger,Alan H. Monroe

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Principles of Public Speaking, Books a la Carte Edition

By: Kathleen M. German,Bruce E. Gronbeck,Douglas Ehninger,Alan H. Monroe

This Books á la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched, loose-leaf version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class - all at a fraction of the bound book price. Updated in its 18th edition, Principles of Public Speaking emphasizes responsibility, orality, Internet technology, and critical thinking as it encourages students to see public speaking as a way to build community in today's diverse world. Within a framework that emphasizes speaker responsibility, critical thinking, listening, and cultural awareness, this classic text uses examples from college, workplace, politics, and social communication to make the study of public speaking relevant, contemporary, and exciting for students. This brief but comprehensive text also offers students the latest in using technology in speechmaking, featuring unique and exciting ways to blend communication and new media.

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Decision by Debate

Decision by Debate

Principles of Public Speaking

Principles of Public Speaking

Speaking to Good Effect

Speaking to Good Effect

One-Sided Arguments

One-Sided Arguments

Fallacies Arising from Ambiguity

Fallacies Arising from Ambiguity

Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning

Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning

Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation

Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation

Informal Logic

Informal Logic

Fallacies

Fallacies

Burden of Proof, Presumption and Argumentation

Burden of Proof, Presumption and Argumentation

Group Discussion

Group Discussion

Decision by Debate

Decision by Debate

Principles of Public Speaking

Principles of Public Speaking

Principles of Public Speaking, Books a la Carte Edition

Principles of Public Speaking, Books a la Carte Edition

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