Christopher W. Tindale (Ontario University of Windsor)

The Philosophy of Argument and Audience Reception

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book approaches the topic of argumentation from the perspective of audiences, rather than the perspective of arguers or arguments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781107101111
• ISBN-10: 1107101115
• Artikelnr.: 42138788

Autorenporträt

Christopher W. Tindale is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argument and Rhetoric at the University of Windsor, Ontario. His key publications include: Acts of Arguing (1999), Rhetorical Argumentation (2004), Fallacies and Argument Appraisal (2007) and Reason's Dark Champions (2010). He is also the co-author, with Leo Groarke, of Good Reasoning Matters, now in its 5th edition (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The role of audience in a theory of argumentation
2. Argumentation and its issues
3. Aristotle and the natures of audiences
4. Perelman's audiences: a meeting of minds
5. Habermas and the ideal audience
6. Meaning and reasons
7. Evidence and reasons: the place of testimony
8. Emotion and reasons
9. Agency and reasons
10. Making meaning present
11. Audiences and addressees: the experience of reception
12. Historical arguments and elective audiences.