Ebook: Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning

Introducing Argumentation and Rhetoric
History of Argumentation Studies
Formal and Informal Argument
The Emergence of Controversy
Resolutions and Issues
Stasis The Focal Point of Dispute
Presumption and Burden of Proof
Argument Analysis and Diagramming
Claims and Evidence
Reasoning from Parts to Whole
Moving from Cause to Effect
Establishing Correlations
Analogy, Narrative, and Form
What Makes a Sound Argument?
Fallacies in Reasoning
Validity and Fallacies Reconsidered
Assembling a Case
Attack and Defense I
Attack and Defense II
Language and Style in Argumentation
Arguments between Friends
Arguments among Experts
Public Argument and Democratic Life
The Ends of Argumentation