This volume gives a theoretical account of the problem of analyzing and evaluating argumentative discourse. After placing argumentation in a communicative persp

This textbook examines the ways in which arguments may be used and abused in medicine and health. The central claim is that a group of arguments known as the in

In Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonableness, Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Bert Meuffels report on their systematic empirical research of the conventi

Explores how we justify our beliefs - and try to influence those of others - both soundly and effectively.

The book offers a compact but comprehensive introductory overview of the crucial components of argumentation theory. In presenting this overview, argumentation