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Lippmann, the indispensable opposition
Lippmann's thoroughgoing pessimism may lead us to a better understanding of the role of communication in public deliberations between scientists and citizens.
Theoretical pieties, Johnstone’s impiety, and ordinary views of argumentation
July 14, 2012
We teachers of argument have nothing to apologize for.
Argument has no function
July 14, 2012
Argument has no determinable function in the sense Walton needs, and even if it did, that function would not ground norms for argumentative practice.
What, in practice, is an argument?
July 14, 2012
In this paper, I try to reach past our theories and capture a conception of argument held by practitioners.
What does arguing look like?
July 13, 2012
At first glance, arguing does look angry and futile. But on second view, it's more complicated.
Students’ perspectives on debate exercises in content area classes
July 13, 2012
A report on students' attitudes towards debates used primarily to promote learning of a subject.
The noncooperative pragmatics of arguing
July 13, 2012
As seen in the OJ Simpson criminal trial, arguing can be both noncooperative and normatively good.
Johnstone’s still-unacknowledged contributions to contemporary argumentation theory
July 13, 2012
Given the pragmatic turn recently taken by argumentation studies, we owe renewed attention to Henry Johnstone's views on the primacy of process over product.
Good argumentation without resolution
July 13, 2012
A case study of the debate over US entry into the first Gulf War shows that there can be good argumentation that does not aim at resolution.
July 14, 2012
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