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Institutions for argument: Cultivating the formation of collective intent
Argumentation, while it seldom resolves issues, does create conditions under which collective intentions can more securely be ascribed.
Designing premises
July 13, 2012
But how do people who disagree--often deeply--manage to locate the shared premises they need in order to have an argument?
Designing issues
July 13, 2012
"Issue" is a central regulatory concept within argumentative practice; the issues are what we argue about. In this paper, I develop a theory of issues, and in particular, the practical means arguers have for forcing others to attend to their issues.
The noncooperative pragmatics of arguing
July 13, 2012
As seen in the OJ Simpson criminal trial, arguing can be both noncooperative and normatively good.
Three faces of the future
July 13, 2012
The long future lacks appeal, so rhetors in practice give it a face.
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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- But you haven’t told me how to persuade!
- Should climate scientists fly? 2. Argumentative bad faith
- 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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