Controversy and confrontation : relating controversy analysis with argumentation theory /
The essays that are collected in Controversy and Confrontation provide a closer insight into the relationship between controversy and confrontation that deepens our understanding of the functioning of argumentative discourse in managing differences of opinion. Their authors stem from two backgrounds...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins,
©2008.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789027218865 9027218862 9789027290878 9027290873 1282104691 9781282104693 9786612104695 6612104694 |
| ISSN: | 1574-1583 ; |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Controversy and Confrontation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; List of contributors; Controversy and confrontation in argumentative discourse; Dichotomies and types of debate; Charles Darwin versus George Mivart; Scientific demarcation and metascience; Reforming the Jews, rejecting marginalization; Communication principles for controversies; On the role of pragmatics, rhetoric and dialectic in scientific controversies; A "dialectic ladder" of refutation and dissuasion; Responding to objections; Pragmatic inconsistency and credibility.