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Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning

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Learn the fundamentals of argumentation and build a foundation for communication and reasoning that will benefit you in every area of your life.

Syllabus

  • 01: Introducing Argumentation and Rhetoric
  • 02: Underlying Assumptions of Argumentation
  • 03: Formal and Informal Argumentation
  • 04: History of Argumentation Studies
  • 05: Argument Analysis and Diagramming
  • 06: Complex Structures of Argument
  • 07: Case Construction-Requirements and Options
  • 08: Stasis-The Heart of the Controversy
  • 09: Attack and Defense I
  • 10: Attack and Defense II
  • 11: Language and Style in Argument
  • 12: Evaluating Evidence
  • 13: Reasoning from Parts to Whole
  • 14: Reasoning with Comparisons
  • 15: Establishing Correlations
  • 16: Moving from Cause to Effect
  • 17: Commonplaces and Arguments from Form
  • 18: Hybrid Patterns of Inference
  • 19: Validity and Fallacies I
  • 20: Validity and Fallacies II
  • 21: Arguments between Friends
  • 22: Arguments among Experts
  • 23: Public Argument and Democratic Life
  • 24: The Ends of Argumentation
  • By This Professor

Taught by

David Zarefsky

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