Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics: In honor of Frans H. van Eemeren

Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics......Page 2
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 12
2. Dissociation in an argumentative confrontation......Page 14
3. Institutional preconditions for confrontational strategic maneuvering in a political interview......Page 16
4. Dissociation at work – a sample analysis......Page 19
5. Conclusion......Page 23
Notes......Page 24
References......Page 25
1. Introduction......Page 28
2. Pragmatic argumentation and criticism......Page 29
3. Strategic maneuvering in critical responses to pragmatic argumentation: A case study......Page 32
3.1 Porters’ selection of the topical potential......Page 35
3.2 Porter’s adaption to the audience......Page 37
3.3 Porter’s use of presentational devices......Page 39
4. Discussion......Page 42
Notes......Page 43
References......Page 45
2. The structure of figurative analogies......Page 46
3. Figurative analogies within the political discourse of Austria and The Netherlands......Page 53
Notes......Page 63
References......Page 64
2. An anecdote as told by Bush......Page 82
2.1 The anecdote’s function......Page 86
2.2 Bush’s anecdote as a strategic maneuver......Page 89
3. Three anecdotes as told by Hilary Clinton......Page 90
4. Conclusion......Page 93
Notes......Page 94
References......Page 95
1. The analytical problem......Page 96
2. The case study: Obama in Cairo, June 2009......Page 98
3. Analysis......Page 99
3.1 Audiences and their commitments......Page 100
3.2 Reconstructing the discourse: Standpoint analysis......Page 101
3.3 Strategic maneuvering......Page 104
4. Conclusion......Page 107
References......Page 108
1. Introduction......Page 110
2. Presentational devices in strategic maneuvering......Page 111
3. Amplification in the rhetorical tradition......Page 112
4. Cases of amplification......Page 115
5. Amplification as an aspect of strategic maneuvering......Page 118
6. Conclusion......Page 121
Notes......Page 122
References......Page 123
1. Introduction......Page 124
2. Breast cancer in Holland......Page 125
3. Reconstructing health communication leaflets as implicit dialogues......Page 126
4. Research question......Page 127
5.1.1 Material......Page 128
5.2 Results......Page 130
6. Experiment 2: Anecdotal presentation and framing......Page 132
6.1.1 The material......Page 133
6.2 Results......Page 134
7. Experiment 3: Statistical presentation and framing......Page 135
9. Post-experimental responses......Page 136
References......Page 139
1. Introduction......Page 142
2. Health care in the Netherlands......Page 143
3. Argumentative discourse in medical consultation......Page 144
4. Ethos enhancing strategic maneuvers in medical consultation......Page 146
5. A doctor’s ethos enhancing maneuvers to built trust and stress expertise......Page 150
6. Conclusion......Page 155
Notes......Page 156
Literature......Page 157
1. Introduction......Page 160
2. Assessing the quality of argumentation in advertising......Page 161
3. Requirements for the quality of argumentation on the effects of medicines......Page 162
4.1 Remdex......Page 164
4.2 BenzaClin......Page 165
5. Discussion......Page 167
Notes......Page 168
References......Page 169
1. Introduction......Page 172
2. Large-scale deliberation: Current practice and classic theory......Page 174
3. The classic puzzle of deliberation......Page 177
4. Argumentative grounds for analyzing large-scale deliberation......Page 178
5. Classic puzzle of deliberation as a dialectical trade-off......Page 180
6. Analysis of large-scale deliberation as a challenge to argumentation theory......Page 184
7. Conclusion......Page 185
Notes......Page 186
References......Page 187
2. The pragma-dialectical typology......Page 192
2.1 The main types......Page 193
2.2 Variants and sub-types......Page 195
2.3 Evaluating the use of argument schemes......Page 196
3. Problems......Page 197
3.2 Exhaustiveness of the types......Page 198
3.3 Mutual exclusiveness of the types......Page 199
3.4 Relation between critical questions of a main type and of a sub-type......Page 200
3.5 Relevance and completeness of the critical questions......Page 201
4. A proposed revision......Page 204
5. Summary......Page 208
Notes......Page 209
References......Page 211
1. Introduction......Page 214
2. The strategic function of presentational techniques......Page 215
3. The argumentative situation and the strategic function of dissociation......Page 219
3.1 Dissociation as opposition......Page 220
3.2 Dissociation as a way of denying the undeniable......Page 221
3.3 Dissociation as values-utilizing......Page 223
Notes......Page 225
References......Page 226
Handling counterarguments......Page 228
1. The pragma-dialectical normative analysis of 
handling counterarguments......Page 229
2. Social-scientific research findings concerning 
handling counterarguments......Page 231
3. Convergences and divergences in normative and descriptive 
analyses of handling counterarguments......Page 232
4. Conclusion......Page 234
References......Page 235
1. Introduction......Page 238
2. Two approaches to (argumentative) discourse......Page 239
3. Prospects for a dialogue between Pragma-dialectics and CDA......Page 245
4. Towards an integrated approach to argumentation analysis......Page 246
Notes......Page 247
References......Page 248
1. Introduction......Page 252
2.1 System H......Page 254
2.2 System CND......Page 260
3. A Laboratory of Rules......Page 263
4. The pluralism of the formal dialectical approach......Page 266
Notes......Page 268
References......Page 269
1. Introduction......Page 272
2.2 Logical approaches......Page 273
2.4 Epistemic approaches......Page 275
2.5 The shift to the dialectical......Page 276
3. The pragma-dialectical account of the fallacy of question-begging......Page 278
4. Some issues of interpretation......Page 280
4.1 How are A and A* to be connected?......Page 281
4.2 Is there a requirement of conclusiveness?......Page 282
4.3 Four criteria for question begging arguments......Page 283
Notes......Page 284
References......Page 286
Index......Page 288