Christopher W. Tindale

How We Argue (eBook, ePUB)

30 Lessons in Persuasive Communication

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• This accessible book provides a practical discussion of the main elements of argumentation as illustrated by 30 public arguments from a recent year on a wide variety of social, cultural, and scientific topics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000814880
• Artikelnr.: 65997171

Autorenporträt

Christopher W. Tindale is Director of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric (CRRAR) and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Windsor, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The nature of argument 1. "Traditional" argument (the power of
deduction) 2. Counterargument: the power of rebuttal (what can be trusted?)
3. Numers matter (arguing with the use of polls) 4. Know your audience
(rhetorical address) 5. Arguments and definitions (cults and presidents) 6.
Saying less but meaning more (the use of hidden reasons) 7. Argument and
explanation (what it all means) 8. Seeing is believing (the power of an
image) 9. Moral reasoning (what is fair) Part II: Rhetorical argumentation
10. Arguing in silence (the power of a pause) 11. What's in a gesture?
(racism in an act of dismissal) 12. Say it again (the power of repetition)
13. Argument and satire (what do we do with the children?) 14. Turning the
tables (who would be worse?) 15. Emotional appeal (a call to aid) Part III:
Character-based argumentation 16. Praising character (the best amongst us)
17. Reflecting values (an excellent choice) 18. Bad Behavior (a failure of
character) 19. Damning character (the worse amongst us) 20. Associations
(the company we keep) 21. The power of the expert (who you are and what you
know matters) Part IV: Strategies of reason 22. Using threats (let this be
a warning) 23. Establishing precedents (what we do now matters later) 24. A
causal chain (if this, then that) 25. Negative consequences (if this, then
also that) 26. An unexpected outcome (the benefit of a pandemic) 27. For
example (lessons from a case in point) 28. Argument and analogy (comparing
cases) 29. A sign of the times (what do masks mean?) Part V: Epilogue: how
we argue 30. A robot's point of view