Argumentation Theory: A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective

Abstract

Since 1986 Springer, formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers, publishes the international interdisciplinary journal Argumentation. This journal is a medium for distributing contributions to the study of argumentation from all schools of thought. From a journal that published guest-edited issues devoted to specific themes, Argumentation has developed into a regular journal providing a platform for discussing all theoretical aspects of argumentative discourse. Since 1999 the journal has an accompanying book series consisting of volumes containing substantial contributions to the study of argumentation. The Argumentation Library aims to be a high quality book series consisting of monographs and edited volumes. It publishes texts offering important theoretical insights in certain major characteristics of argumentative discourse in order to inform the international community of argumentation theorists of recent developments in the field. The insights concerned may pertain to the process of argumentation but also to aspects of argumentative texts resulting from this process. This means that books will be published not only on various types of argumentative procedures, but also on the features of enthymematic argumentation, argumentation structures, argument schemes and fallacies. Contributions to the series can be made by scholars from a broad variety of disciplines, ranging from law to history, from linguistics to theology, and from science to sociology. In particular, contributions are invited from argumentation theorists with a background in informal or formal logic, modern or classical rhetoric, and discourse analysis or speech communication. A prerequisite in all cases is that the contribution involved is original and provides the forum of argumentation theorists with an exemplary specimen of advanced scholarship. The Argumentation Library should enrich the study of argumentation with insights that enhance its quality and constitute a fruitful starting point for further research and application. All proposals will be carefully taken into consideration by the editors. If the prospects for including a certain project in the series are realistic, the author(s) will be invited to send at least three representative chapters of their manuscript for review to the editors. In case the manuscript is then judged eligible for publication, the complete manuscript will be reviewed by outside expert referees. Only then a final decision can be taken concerning publication.More information about this series at

Virtuális vitatér

“…Az argumentációelmélet ezt nevezi implicit diszkussziónak az azonnali reakciókra lehetőséget adó explicit diszkusszióval szemben. Az implicit diszkusszióban tehát csak egyetlen szereplő van jelen, a többi szereplő ellenvetései mégis kikövetkeztethetők (van Eemeren 2018;van Eemeren és Grootendorst 2004;van Eemeren és Houtlosser 2002).…”

Confrontational Argumentative Strategies in the Discourse of Foreign Policy Experts

“…The study aims to reiterate the need for argumentation theory to assist the analysis and evaluation of the argumentative discourse of FP experts in the media. Pragma-dialectics specializes in argumentative discourse and picks up the traditional philosophical theories on argumentation in order to adapt them to more contemporary research needs by integrating a pragmatic dimension into the traditional and purely dialectal approaches (van Eemeren, 2018). The socio-cognitive approach, by contrast, extends its focus to all discourse and text types, as is the case with most CDS approaches, and pays specific attention to the discursive practices of social group members, mainly those delineating (power) abuses.…”

Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Confrontations: A Pragma-Dialectical Analysis of Mark Zuckerberg's Congressional Hearings

“…The study examines how strategic maneuvering is employed in the above-mentioned four stages dialogue, and is thus considered an interactional act in which the addresser seeks to make the addressee accept the standpoint presented. One more characteristic of argumentation is that it involves an appeal to reason (van Eemeren, 2018).…”

“…The pragma-dialectical model of a critical discussion comprises four stages through which an argumentative discourse must pass to achieve the resolution of conflicting opinions reasonably. These stages are: the confrontation stage, the opening stage, the argumentation stage, and the concluding stage (van Eemeren, 2018;van Eemeren et al, 2014).…”