Relevance in Argumentation

by Douglas N. Walton

Book Overview

In Relevance in Argumentation, author Douglas Walton presents a new method for critically evaluating arguments for relevance. This method enables a critic to judge whether a move can be said to be relevant or irrelevant, and is based on case studies of argumentation in which an argument, or part of an argument, has been criticized as irrelevant. Walton's method is based on a new theory of relevance that incorporates techniques of argumentation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080584760X
• ISBN13: 9780805847604
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"