Bibliograph

Argumentation, the study of effective reasoning, [David Zarefsky]

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Argumentation, the study of effective reasoning, [David Zarefsky]

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

Argumentation

Oclc number

63191506

Responsibility statement

[David Zarefsky]

Runtime

720

Series statement

Great courses

Sub title

the study of effective reasoning

Summary

Lectures by Dr. David Zarefsky, Professor of Argumentation and Debate and Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, cover the history of rhetoric and debate as well as analysis of different types of arguments in various situations

Table Of Contents

part I (disc 1): lecture 1. Introducing argumentation and rhetoric -- lecture 2. Underlying assumptions of argumentation -- lecture 3. Formal and informal argumentation -- lecture 4. History of argumentation studies -- lecture 5. Argument analysis and diagramming -- lecture 6. Complex structures of argument -- part 1 (disc 2): lecture 7. Case construction, requirements and options -- lecture 8. Stasis, the heart of the controversy -- lecture 9. Attack and defense, I -- lecture 10. Attack and defense, II -- lecture 11. Language and style in arguments -- lecture 12. Evaluating evidence.part II (disc 3): -- lecture 13. Reasoning from parts to whole -- lecture 14. Reasoning with comparisons -- lecture 15. Establishing correlations -- lecture 16. Moving from cause to effect -- lecture 17. Commonplaces and arguments from form -- lecture 18. Hybrid patterns of inference -- part II (disc 4): lecture 19. Validity and fallacies, I -- lecture 20. Validity and fallacies, II -- lecture 21. Arguments between friends -- lecture 22. Arguments among experts -- lecture 23. Public argument and democratic life -- lecture 24. Ends of argumentation

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live action

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Argumentation, the study of effective reasoningStudy of effective reasoning

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