Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. THE STUDY OF ARGUMENTATION -- Introduction: the Study of Argumentation -- Chapter 1. From Argument to Argumentation: Fifteen Years of Identity Crisis / Gronbeck, Bruce E. -- Chapter 2. The Contemporary Renaissance in the Study of Argument / Brockriede, Wayne -- II. THE CONTEXT OF ARGUMENTATION SCHOLARSHIP -- Chapter 3. Traditional Conceptions of Argument / Benoit, William L. -- Introduction: Kinds of Argument -- Chapter 4. Where is Argument? / Brockriede, Wayne -- Chapter 5. Two concepts of argument / O'Keefe, Daniel J. -- Chapter 6. A Third Perspective on Argument / Hample, Dale -- Introduction: Scholarly Perspectives on Argument -- Chapter 7. Perspectives on Argument / Wenzel, Joseph W. -- Chapter 8. Argument as Method: its Nature, its Limitations and its Uses / Ehninger, Douglas -- Introduction: Naive Social Actors' Perspectives on Argument -- Chapter 9. Characteristics of Arguing from a Social Actor's Perspective -- Chapter 10. Generic Characteristics of Argumentation in Everyday Discourse / Trapp, Robert -- Chapter 11. Everyday Argumentation From An Interpretive Perspective / Trapp, Robert -- III. FORM AND TEXT IN ARGUMENT -- Introduction: Form in Argument -- Chapter 12. The Toulmin Model and the Syllogism / Hample, Dale -- Chapter 13. On the Utility of Descriptive Diagrams for the Analysis and Criticism of Arguments / Willard, Charles Arthur -- Chapter 14. On the Analysis and Criticism of Arguments: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations / Burleson, Brant R. -- Chapter 15. Dramatism and Argument / Kneupper, Charles W. -- Introduction: Evaluating Argument -- Chapter 16. Rhetorical Validity: an Analysis of three Perspectives on the Justification of Rhetorical Argument / McKerrow, Ray E. -- Chapter 17. What is a Good Argument? / Hample, Dale -- Chapter 18. In Defense of the Fallacy / Ulrich, Walter -- Chapter 19. Everyday Argumentation from an Informal Logic Perspective / Blair, J. Anthony -- IV. THE GROUNDING OF ARGUMENT -- Introduction: Argument and Values -- Chapter 20. The Substance of Rhetoric: Good Reasons / Wallace, Karl R. -- Chapter 21. Toward a Rationale for a Value-centered Argument / Wenzel, Joseph W. -- Introduction: Argument Fields -- Chapter 22. Persistent Questions in the Theory of Argument Fields / Zarefsky, David -- Chapter 23. Field Theory: A Cartesian Meditation / Willard, Charles Arthur -- Chapter 24. Argument Fields / Rowland, Robert C. -- V. THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF ARGUMENT -- Introduction: Individual and Social Viewpoints on Argument -- Chapter 25. The Arguer in Interpersonal Argument: Pros and Cons of Individual-Level Analysis / Jackson, Sally -- Chapter 26. Argument Communities: a Quest for Distinctions / McKerrow, Ray E. -- Chapter 27. The Role of Argumentation in Source Credibility / Benoit, William L. -- Chapter 28. The Development of Interpersonal Reasoning: An Analysis of Message Strategy Justifications / Burleson, Brant R. -- Introduction: Pragmatics of Argument -- Chapter 29. Response of Frans ¿. van Eemeren / van Eemeren, Frans ¿. -- Chapter 30. Response of Rob Grootendorst / Grootendorst, Rob -- Chapter 31. The Speech Acts of Arguing and Convincing in Externalized Discussions / van Eemeren, Frans ¿. / Grootendorst, Rob -- Chapter 32. Argumentation Studies' Five Estates -- Chapter 33. Everyday Argumentation from a Speech Act Perspective / Grootendorst, Rob -- Chapter 34. Structure of Conversational Argument: Pragmatic Bases for the Enthymeme / Jackson, Sally / Jacobs, Scott -- Introduction: Argument in Everyday Contexts -- Chapter 35. The Use of Argument by Preschool Children: the Emergent Production of Rules for Winning Arguments / Benoit, Pamela J. -- Chapter 36. Argument in Satisfied and Dissatisfied Married Couples / Canary, Daniel J. / Sillars, Alan L. -- Chapter 37. A Critical Summary of Research on the Role of Argument in Decision-Making Groups / Gouran, Dennis S. -- VI. CONCLUSION -- List of Contributors and Sources -- Index