Warranting Assent: Case Studies in Argument Evaluation (SUNY series in Communication Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791423638 ISBN 13: 9780791423639

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book brings together essays that demonstrate the art of argument evaluation. The essays apply a variety of theoretical approaches to specific, historically-situated arguments in order to render a specific normative judgment. By bringing to bear knowledge of argumentation theory along with expertise pertaining to the specific arguments under investigation, this book illustrates the utility of argument evaluation as a discrete mode of scholarly engagement.

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About the Author

Edward Schiappa is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Communication at Purdue University. He is the author of Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric and the editor of Landmark Essays on Classical Greek Rhetoric.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791423638
• ISBN 13: 9780791423639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Schiappa Edward