Argumentation and Critical Decision Making - Couverture rigide

Rieke, Richard D.; Sillars, Malcolm O.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0321055632 ISBN 13 : 9780321055637

Editeur : Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

The first and most thoroughly developed audience-oriented argumentation text, Argumentation and Critical Decision Making presents argumentation as a cooperative, communicative process. The text examines the general principles of argument in a rigorous yet readable manner and then applies those principles to different spheres of life―law, science, religion, business, and politics―to explore how conventions of argument change when applied to these real world arenas. Focusing on the dynamics of decision-making and using real life examples to illustrate principles, this book aims to help readers develop practical argumentation skills within the world of their daily lives.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Argumentation and Critical Decision Making, 7/e

Richard D. Rieke, Universityof Utah

Malcolm O. Sillars, Universityof Utah

Tarla Rai Peterson, TexasA&M University

 

The first audience-oriented argumentation text available, Argumentation and Critical Decision Making presents argumentation as a cooperative, communicative process. This textexplores how conventions of argument change when applied to different spheres of life — law, science, religion, business, government, and politics. Focusing on the dynamics of decision making and using real-life examples to illustrate principles, Argumentation and Critical Decision Making aims to help you develop practical argumentation skills.

 

Features of the Seventh Edition:

• Features five thoroughly revised chapters on the practical application of argument, reflecting new scholarship.
• Includes a new discussion of spheres of argument, emphasizing the relationship among audience, decision makers, sphere, and argumentative practice, and identifying the forms of acceptable argument, what counts as fact, and criteria used in criticism.
• Gives greater emphasis to the role of dialectic as an explanation for why many critical decisions emerge from dialogue without the preparation of formal cases or staging of debates.
• Presents a new case study addressing IBM’s response to profound changes in technology and globalization, illustrating the function of argumentation in business.
• Analyzes a new and timely question in the unique chapter on analysis in argumentation: How should the health care system be revised in the United States?

Quatrième de couverture

The first and most thoroughly developed audience-oriented argumentation text, Argumentation and Critical Decision Making, presents argumentation as a cooperative, communicative process.

The text examines the general principles of argument in a rigorous yet readable manner and then applies those principles to different spheres of life―law, science, religion, business, and politics―to explore how conventions of argument change when applied to these real-world arenas. Focusing on the dynamics of decision making, and using real-life examples to illustrate principles, this book aims to help readers develop practical argumentation skills in their daily lives.

New to This Edition

• The sixth edition has a new organization, with the chapters arranged in three sections: Principles, Tools, and Applications.
• Chapters 1 through 3 have been restructured and shortened, making them a more fluid and understandable introduction to argumentation.
• An increased emphasis on decision making rather than debating keeps the text away from the highly aggressive, adversarial tone of some other texts.
• Chapter 3 now includes a discussion of post-modern and feminist approaches to argumentation and shows that argumentation is valuable not only to those who are aggressive but also to everyone else.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0321055632
• ISBN 13: 9780321055637
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible