TY - SOUND AU - Zarefsky,David ED - Teaching Company. TI - Argumentation: the study of effective reasoning T2 - The great courses SN - 1565853571 AV - CD PN 4181 .Z37 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Chantilly, VA PB - Teaching Co. KW - Debates and debating KW - Forensics (Public speaking) KW - Reasoning KW - Rhetoric N1 - Compact discs; "Course No. 9294."; "Philosophy & intellectual history."--Container; Accompanying course guidebooks include a glossary, biographical notes, and bibliographical references; Part 1: disc 1. Lecture 1; Introducing argumentation and rhetoric; Lecture 2; Underlying assumptions of argumentation. --; disc 2. Lecture 3; Formal and informal argument; Lecture 4; History of argumentation studies. --; disc 3. Lecture 5; Argument analysis and diagramming; Lecture 6; Complex structures of argument. --; disc 4. Lecture 7; Case construction: requirements and options; Lecture 8; Statis: the heart of the controversy. --; disc 5. Lecture 9; Attack and defense I; Lecture 10; Attack and defense II. --; disc 6. Lecture 11; Language and style in argument; Lecture 12; Evaluating evidence; Part 2: disc 7. Lecture 13; Reasoning from parts to whole; Lecture 14; Reasoning with comparisons. --; disc 8. Lecture 15; Establishing correlations; Lecture 16; Moving from cause and effect. --; disc 9. Lecture 17; Commonplaces and arguments from form; Lecture 18; Hybrid patterns of inference. --; disc 10. Lecture 19; Validity and fallacies I; Lecture 20; Validity and fallacies II. --; dics 11. Lecture 21; Arguments between friends; Lecture 22; Arguments among experts. --; disc 12. Lecture 23; Public argument and democratic life; Lecture 24; The ends of argumentation; Lecturer: David Zarefsky, Northwestern University N2 - Lectures by Dr. David Zarefsky, Professor of Argumentation and Debate and Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, cover the history of rhetoric and debate as well as analysis of different types of arguments in various situations ER -