The structure of arguments:
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Main Author: Schlesinger, I. M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam J. Benjamins Pub. ©2001
Series:Human cognitive processing v. 7
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and indexes
The Structure of Arguments; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Reasoning and arguing; Chapter 2 Arguments as operations; Chapter 3 Operators, targets, outcomes; Chapter 4 Compounds; Chapter 5 Justi W cations; Chapter 6 Con X ations; Chapter 7 Questions; Chapter 8 Connections; Chapter 9 Relations within and between arguments; Chapter 10 Expressed arguments; Notes; References; Appendices; Author index; Subject index; List of symbols
An important tool for scientific study in any field is a formal language in which the phenomena can be described and hypotheses formulated. In this book a formal notation is developed for the description of the cognitive structure of arguments. The analyses based on this notation are more fine-grained than the analyses in previous attempts, and they are applicable not only to arguments but to all types of moves in a discourse. Further, the notational system provides a basis for the description of relations between arguments and the structure of the discourse as a whole. In the final chapter, s
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 263 pages)
ISBN:1588110702
9027298297
9781588110701
9789027298294

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