Argument Structure:: Representation and Theory

✍ Scribed by James B. Freeman (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 223
• Series: Argumentation Library 18
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This monograph presents a method of diagramming argument macrostructure, synthesizing the standard circle and arrow approach with the Toulmin model. A theoretical justification of this method through a dialectical understanding of argument, a critical examination of Toulmin on warrants, and a thorough discussion of the linked-convergent distinction follows. Discussion includes consideration of alternative understandings of argument structure and its representation presented in Wigmore’s chart method, Pollock’s inference graphs, and the pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation. An account of the proper reconstruction of enthymemes and issues at the border of structural analysis versus evaluation of arguments conclude the book.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
An Approach to Argument Macrostructure....Pages 1-38
The Dialectical Nature of Argument....Pages 39-58
Toulmin’s Problematic Notion of Warrant....Pages 59-88
The Linked-Convergent Distinction—A First Approximation....Pages 89-105
Argument Structure and Disciplinary Perspective: The Linked-Convergent Versus Multiple-Co-ordinatively Compound Distinctions....Pages 107-128
The Linked-Convergent Distinction–Refining the Criterion....Pages 129-171
Argument Structure and Enthymemes....Pages 173-195
From Analysis to Evaluation....Pages 197-204
Back Matter....Pages 205-211

✦ Subjects

Logic; Philosophy of Language