Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory: Twenty Exploratory Studies

339 Pages·2012·3.14 MB·English

by  Frans H. van Eemeren

Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory
Argumentation Library
VOLUME 22
Series Editor:
Frans H. van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Editorial Board:
Bart Garssen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scott Jacobs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, USA
Erik C.W. Krabbe, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
John Woods, University of British Columbia, Canada
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Topical Themes
in Argumentation Theory
Twenty Exploratory Studies
Editors
Frans H. van Eemeren Bart Garssen
Department of Speech Communication Department of Speech Communication
Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric
Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Humanities
University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
Spuistraat 134 Spuistraat 134
Amsterdam Amsterdam
The Netherlands The Netherlands
ISSN 1566-7650
ISBN 978-94-007-4040-2 ISBN 978-94-007-4041-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4041-9
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Contents
1 Some Highlights in Recent Theorizing: An Introduction ................... 1
Frans H.van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
Part I Theoretical Perspectives
2 Rhetorical Argument .............................................................................. 17
James F. Klumpp
3 Meta-argumentation: Prolegomena to a Dutch Project ...................... 31
Maurice A. Finocchiaro
4 Wittgenstein’s Infl uence on Hamblin’s Concept of ‘Dialectical’ ........ 49
Ralph H. Johnson
Part II Views on Dissensus and Deep Disagreement
5 Can Argumentation Always Deal with Dissensus? .............................. 61
James B. Freeman
6 The Appeal for Transcendence: A Possible
Response to Cases of Deep Disagreement ............................................. 77
David Zarefsky
7 Cultural Diversity, Cognitive Breaks,
and Deep Disagreement: Polemic Argument ........................................ 91
Manfred Kraus
Part III Types of Argumentation
8 When Figurative Analogies Fail: Fallacious
Uses of Arguments from Analogy .......................................................... 111
Manfred Kienpointner
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9 Current Issues in Conductive Argument Weight ................................. 127
Thomas Fischer
10 Instruments to Evaluate Pragmatic Argumentation:
A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective ......................................................... 143
Constanza Ihnen
Part IV Classical Themes Revisited
11 The Nature and Purpose of Aristotelian Dialectic Revisited:
Argumentation Theory, Scientifi c Controversies
and Epistemology .................................................................................... 163
Marta Spranzi
12 The Ethos of Classical Rhetoric: From Epieikeia to Auctoritas .......... 181
Janja Žmavc
13 The Emotions’ Impact on Audience Judgments
and Decision-Making in Aristotle’s Rhetoric ........................................ 193
Andreas Welzel and Christopher W. Tindale
14 Argumentative Topoi for Refutation and Confi rmation ...................... 209
Anders Eriksson
Part V Visual Argumentation
15 On Images as Evidence and Arguments ............................................... 223
Ian J. Dove
16 Pictorial Argumentation in Advertising: Visual Tropes
and Figures as a Way of Creating Visual Argumentation ................... 239
Jens E. Kjeldsen
17 The Narrator and the Interpreter
in Visual and Verbal Argumentation .................................................... 257
Paul van den Hoven
18 Visual Argumentation: A Further Reappraisal ................................... 273
Georges Roque
Part VI Empirical Research
19 The Argumentative Structure of Some
Persuasive Appeal Variations ................................................................. 291
Daniel J. O’Keefe
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20 The Costs and Benefi ts of Arguing: Predicting
the Decision Whether to Engage or Not ................................................ 307
Dale Hample, Fabio Paglieri, and Ling Na
21 The Extended Pragma-Dialectical Argumentation
Theory Empirically Interpreted ............................................................ 323
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, and Bert Meuffels
Index ................................................................................................................. 345

Contributors
Ian J. Dove University of Nevada , Las Vegas , NV , USA
Anders Eriksson Department of Rhetoric, Örebro University , Örebro , Sweden
Maurice A. Finocchiaro Department of Philosophy, University of Nevada-Las
Vegas , Las Vegas , NV , USA
Thomas Fischer Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of
Houston Downtown , Houston , TX , USA
James B. Freeman Department of Philosophy, Hunter College , City University of
New York , Albany , NY , USA
Bart Garssen Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and
Rhetoric, ILIAS & University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
Dale Hample University of Maryland , College Park , MD , USA
Constanza Ihnen Department of Speech communication, Argumentation Theory and
Rhetoric, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
Ralph H. Johnson CRRAR , University of Windsor , Windsor , ON , Canada
Manfred Kienpointner University of Innsbruck , Innsbruck , Austria
Jens E. Kjeldsen University of Bergen , Bergen , Norway
Södertörn Högskola , Huddinge , Sweden
James F. Klumpp Department of Communication, University of Maryland ,
College Park , MD , USA
Manfred Kraus Universität Tübingen, Philologisches Seminar, Wilhelmstraße 36,
72074 Tübingen , Germany
Bert Meuffels Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and
Rhetoric, ILIAS & University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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