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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.
Wigmore’s Chart Method
July 13, 2012
Legal scholar John Henry Wigmore invented a scheme for representing arguments in a tree diagram, aimed to help advocates analyze the proof of facts at trial
Three faces of the future
July 13, 2012
The long future lacks appeal, so rhetors in practice give it a face.
Comments on Scott Jacobs’ ‘Rhetoric and dialectic from the standpoint of normative pragmatics’
July 13, 2012
I lay out the basic working principles of a normative pragmatic approach to argumentation.
Teaching with an online public forum
July 13, 2012
Reports on an early experiment to promote content learning through online debates.
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.
Deliberation and character
July 13, 2012
I sketch the contours of the rhetorical appeal to dignity, which calls on citizens to live up to who they are.
Pereman, adhering and conviction
July 13, 2012
Cite: Goodwin, Jean. “Perelman, Adhering and Convictions.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 28 (1995): 215-33. Abstract: Perelman’s theory of argumentation is based on a one-dimensional psychology of adherence: people stick to propositions, with various degrees of strength. This is inadequate to account for the rhetorical force of the convictions people commit themselves to–which become an aspect of their […]
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- Should climate scientists fly? 1. The skeptics’ hypocrisy argument
- Should climate scientists fly? An analysis of the arguments
- Stop looking for specks of climate skepticism
- Should the existence of an “anti-vax” movement change what scientists can say in publications?
- Morano v. Bauman
- Why do people (scientists) think there is a “war on science”?–Bibliography
- Post & Ramirez (2018): Scientists’ (mis)perceptions of press bias induce advocacy in response
- Responsibility for polar bear arguments
Jean Goodwin 
July 13, 2012
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