2nd Edition
Argumentation Keeping Faith with Reason
Part 1: Getting started
Chapter 1: Why study argument?
Chapter 2: What is an Argument?
Chapter 3: Dimensions of Proof
Chapter 4: Modeling Arguments (Toulmin model)
Part 2: Analyzing claims
Chapter 5: Introduction to claim types
Chapter 6: Analyzing Fact Claims
Chapter 7: Analyzing Value Claims
Chapter 8: Analyzing Policy Claims
Part 3: Developing Your Argument
Chapter 9: Kairos: The Context of Your Argument
Chapter 10: Ethos: Developing Your Credibility
Chapter 11: Presenting Your Argument
Part 4: Supporting and defending your argument
Chapter 12: Finding Evidence
Chapter 13: Evidence and your argument
Chapter 14: Rebutting Arguments
Part 5: Forms of reasoning
Chapter 15: Introduction to forms of reasoning
Chapter 16: Definitional Arguments
Chapter 17: Argument by Example
Chapter 18: Argument by Analogy and Parallel Case
Chapter 19: Causal Argument
Chapter 20: Argument from Sign
Chapter 21: Argument by Dilemma
Chapter 22: Argument from Authority
Part 6: Conclusion
Chapter 23: Remember this
Biography
John P. Nordin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, USA.
Edward Schiappa is the John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
