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Autor/in | Zarefsky, David |
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Titel | Argument as Hypothesis-Testing. |
Quelle | (1976), (18 Seiten)
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Beigaben | Tabellen |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Tagungsbericht; Debate; Higher Education; Hypothesis Testing; Logical Thinking; Persuasive Discourse; Rhetoric; Theories |
Abstract | The argumentative perspective enables rhetoric to function in a manner analagous to science or analytic philosophy, yielding reliable knowledge about nonempirical topics, which other methods cannot address. In short, argumentation is the equivalent of hypothesis-testing. Forensics should offer laboratory experience in developing this perspective of communication; implications for theory, which concern the wording of the proposition, the role of presumption, the suspension of disbelief, case development, counterplans, and the nature of decision making, must also be taken into account. Because argumentation is a generative process, users' opinions differ as to its purpose and product. The choice of a rhetorical paradigm must finally depend on an assessment of its functionalism. (KS) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |