Chapter 10. Generic Characteristics of Argumentation in Everyday Discourse

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. I. THE STUDY OF ARGUMENTATION
5. Introduction: the Study of Argumentation 3
6. Chapter 1. From Argument to Argumentation: Fifteen Years of Identity Crisis 17
7. Chapter 2. The Contemporary Renaissance in the Study of Argument 33
8. II. THE CONTEXT OF ARGUMENTATION SCHOLARSHIP
9. Chapter 3. Traditional Conceptions of Argument 49
10. Introduction: Kinds of Argument 69
11. Chapter 4. Where is Argument? 73
12. Chapter 5. Two concepts of argument 79
13. Chapter 6. A Third Perspective on Argument 91
14. Introduction: Scholarly Perspectives on Argument 117
15. Chapter 7. Perspectives on Argument 121
16. Chapter 8. Argument as Method: its Nature, its Limitations and its Uses 145
17. Introduction: Naive Social Actors’ Perspectives on Argument 161
18. Chapter 9. Characteristics of Arguing from a Social Actor’s Perspective 165
19. Chapter 10. Generic Characteristics of Argumentation in Everyday Discourse 185
20. Chapter 11. Everyday Argumentation From An Interpretive Perspective 205
21. III. FORM AND TEXT IN ARGUMENT
22. Introduction: Form in Argument 221
23. Chapter 12. The Toulmin Model and the Syllogism 225
24. Chapter 13. On the Utility of Descriptive Diagrams for the Analysis and Criticism of Arguments 239
25. Chapter 14. On the Analysis and Criticism of Arguments: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 259
26. Chapter 15. Dramatism and Argument 279
27. Introduction: Evaluating Argument 293
28. Chapter 16. Rhetorical Validity: an Analysis of three Perspectives on the Justification of Rhetorical Argument 297
29. Chapter 17. What is a Good Argument? 313
30. Chapter 18. In Defense of the Fallacy 337
31. Chapter 19. Everyday Argumentation from an Informal Logic Perspective 357
32. IV. THE GROUNDING OF ARGUMENT
33. Introduction: Argument and Values 379
34. Chapter 20. The Substance of Rhetoric: Good Reasons 383
35. Chapter 21. Toward a Rationale for a Value-centered Argument 399
36. Introduction: Argument Fields 413
37. Chapter 22. Persistent Questions in the Theory of Argument Fields 417
38. Chapter 23. Field Theory: A Cartesian Meditation 437
39. Chapter 24. Argument Fields 469
40. V. THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF ARGUMENT
41. Introduction: Individual and Social Viewpoints on Argument 507
42. Chapter 25. The Arguer in Interpersonal Argument: Pros and Cons of Individual-Level Analysis 513
43. Chapter 26. Argument Communities: a Quest for Distinctions 523
44. Chapter 27. The Role of Argumentation in Source Credibility 537
45. Chapter 28. The Development of Interpersonal Reasoning: An Analysis of Message Strategy Justifications 551
46. Introduction: Pragmatics of Argument 565
47. Chapter 29. Response of Frans Η. van Eemeren 571
48. Chapter 30. Response of Rob Grootendorst 579
49. Chapter 31. The Speech Acts of Arguing and Convincing in Externalized Discussions 583
50. Chapter 32. Argumentation Studies’ Five Estates 615
51. Chapter 33. Everyday Argumentation from a Speech Act Perspective 655
52. Chapter 34. Structure of Conversational Argument: Pragmatic Bases for the Enthymeme 681
53. Introduction: Argument in Everyday Contexts 707
54. Chapter 35. The Use of Argument by Preschool Children: the Emergent Production of Rules for Winning Arguments 711
55. Chapter 36. Argument in Satisfied and Dissatisfied Married Couples 737
56. Chapter 37. A Critical Summary of Research on the Role of Argument in Decision-Making Groups 765
57. VI. CONCLUSION 783
58. List of Contributors and Sources 793
59. Index 799