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Manifestly adequate premises
What practical means do arguers who have little motivation to cooperate with each other nevertheless manage to force each other to make some propositions the unchallenged starting points or premises of arguments?
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.
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.
July 13, 2012
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