Constructive Controversy: Rhetoric as Dissensus-oriented Discourse

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Constructive Controversy : Rhetoric as Dissensus-oriented Discourse. / Kock, Christian Erik J.

I: Cogency. Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, Bind 1, Nr. 1, 2009, s. 89-112.

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Kock, CEJ 2009, 'Constructive Controversy: Rhetoric as Dissensus-oriented Discourse', Cogency. Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, bind 1, nr. 1, s. 89-112.

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Kock, C. E. J. (2009). Constructive Controversy: Rhetoric as Dissensus-oriented Discourse. Cogency. Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, 1(1), 89-112.

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Kock CEJ. Constructive Controversy: Rhetoric as Dissensus-oriented Discourse. Cogency. Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation. 2009;1(1):89-112.

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Kock, Christian Erik J. / Constructive Controversy : Rhetoric as Dissensus-oriented Discourse. I: Cogency. Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation. 2009 ; Bind 1, Nr. 1. s. 89-112.

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abstract = "Current theories of argumentation underestimate the difference, emphasizedalready by Aristotle, between theoretical and practical (action-oriented) argumentation.This is exemplified with the argument theories of Toulmin, pragma-dialectics,Habermas, Walton, and Perelman. Since antiquity, rhetoric has defined itself, notas argument designed to “win,” but as action-oriented argument. Several distinctivefeatures of action-oriented argument are identified. One is that its warrants includevalue concepts in audiences, implying an element of subjectivity in argument assessment.Between individuals, but also inside each individual, several conflicting valuedimensions are typically involved, not just the dimension of truth-falsity, which makessustained, reasonable dissensus inevitable.",
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