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The Study of Metaphor in Argumentation Theory [PDF]
AbstractThis paper offers a review of the argumentation-theoretical literature on metaphor in argumentative discourse. Two methodologies are combined: the pragma-dialectical theory is used to study the argumentative functions attributed to metaphor, and distinctions made in metaphor theory and the three-dimensional model of metaphor are used to compare
Lotte van Poppel, Lotte van Poppel
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Speech Act Theory and the Study of Argumentation
:In this paper, the influence of speech act theory and Grice’s the- ory of conversational implicature on the study of argumentation is discussed. First, the role that pragmatic insights play in van Eemeren and Grootendorst’s pragma-dialectical theory of ...
Henkemans A. Francisca Snoeck
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How argumentation theory can inform assessment validity: A critical review. [PDF]
Many health professions education (HPE) scholars frame assessment validity as a form of argumentation in which interpretations and uses of assessment scores must be supported by evidence.
Kinnear B+3 more
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Argumentation theory in health care [PDF]
Argumentation theory (AT) has been gaining momentum in the health care arena thanks to its intuitive and modular way of aggregating clinical evidence and taking rational decisions. The basic principles of argumentation theory are described and demonstrated in the breast cancer recurrence problem. It is shown how to represent available clinical evidence
Longo, Luca+2 more
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Argumentation Theory and Argumentative Practices: A Vital but Complex Relationship
To illustrate the development of argumentation theory, the paper traces the journey of the pragma-dialectical theory as it widened its scope, step by step, from an abstract model of critical discussion to the complexities of actual argumentative discourse.
F. H. Eemeren
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The Making of Argumentation Theory: A Pragma-dialectical View
In ‘The making of argumentation theory’ van Eemeren and van Haaften describe the contributions made to the five components of a full-fledged research program of argumentation theory by four prominent approaches to the discipline: formal dialectics ...
Frans H. van Eemeren, Ton van Haaften
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Two Views of Speech Acts: Analysis and Implications for Argumentation Theory
Argumentation theorists need to command a clear view of the sources of the obligations that arguers incur, e.g., their burdens of proof. Theories of illocutionary speech acts promise to fill this need. This essay contrasts two views of illocutionary acts:
F. Kauffeld, J. Goodwin
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Argumentation Quality Assessment: Theory vs. Practice [PDF]
Argumentation quality is viewed differently in argumentation theory and in practical assessment approaches. This paper studies to what extent the views match empirically.
Henning Wachsmuth+6 more
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Virtues, Evidence, and Ad Hominem Arguments
Argumentation theorists are beginning to think of ad hominem arguments as generally legitimate. Virtue argumentation theorists argue that a character trait approach to argument appraisal can explain why ad hominems would are legitimate, when they are ...
Patrick Bondy
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My essay, “Multi-modal argumentation” was published in the journal, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, in 1994. This information appeared again in my book, Coalescent argumentation in 1997.
Michael A. Gilbert
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