Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonableness: Empirical Research Concerning the Pragma-Dialectical Discussion Rules

By Frans H. van Eemeren, Bert Meuffels, Bart Garssen

Book Overview

1. Theoretical backgrounds and organization of the study. 2. Considerations for the study design. 3. Ad hominem fallacies; an exemplary study. 4. The confrontation stage; the freedom rule. 5. The opening stage; the burden of proof rule I (shifting the burden of proof). 6. The opening stage; the burden of proof rule II (evading the burden of proof). 7. The argumentation stage; the argument scheme rule. 8. The concluding stage; the closure rule. 9. The conventional validity of the pragma-dialectical discussion rules.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048126134
• ISBN13: 9789048126132
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"