| Preface | |
| The Study of Argumentation | |
| From Argument to Argumentation: Fifteen Years of Identity Crisis | p. 17 |
| The Contemporary Renaissance in the Study of Argument | p. 33 |
| The Context of Argumentation Scholarship | |
| Traditional Conceptions of Argument | p. 49 |
| Kinds of Argument | |
| Where is Argument? | p. 73 |
| Two Concepts of Argument | p. 79 |
| A Third Perspective on Argument | p. 91 |
| Scholarly Perspectives on Argument | |
| Perspectives on Argument | p. 121 |
| Argument as Method: Its Nature, Its Limitations, and Its Uses | p. 145 |
| Naive Social Actors' Perspectives on Argument | |
| Characteristics of Arguing from a Social Actor's Perspective | p. 165 |
| Generic Characteristics of Argumentation in Everyday Discourse | p. 185 |
| Everyday Argumentation from an Interpretive Perspective | p. 205 |
| Form and Text in Argument | |
| Form in Argument | |
| The Toulmin Model and the Syllogism | p. 225 |
| On the Utility of Descriptive Diagrams for the Analysis and Criticism of Arguments | p. 239 |
| On the Analysis and Criticism of Arguments: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations | p. 259 |
| Dramatism and Argument | p. 279 |
| Evaluating Arguments | |
| Rhetorical Validity: an Analysis of Three Perspectives on the Justification of Rhetorical Argument | p. 297 |
| What is a Good Argument? | p. 313 |
| In Defense of the Fallacy | p. 337 |
| Everyday Argumentation from an Informal Logic Perspective | p. 357 |
| The Grounding of Argument | |
| Argument and Values | |
| The Substance of Rhetoric: Good Reasons | p. 383 |
| Toward a Rationale for a Value-Centered Argument | p. 399 |
| Argument Fields | |
| Persistent Questions in the Theory of Argument Fields | p. 417 |
| Field Theory: A Cartesian Meditation | p. 437 |
| Argument Fields | p. 469 |
| The Human Experience of Argument | |
| Individual and Social Viewpoints on Argument | |
| The Arguer in Interpersonal Argument: Pros and Cons of Individual-Level Analysis | p. 513 |
| Argument Communities: A Quest for Distinctions | p. 523 |
| The Role of Argumentation in Source Credibility | p. 537 |
| The Development of Interpersonal Reasoning: An Analysis of Message Strategy Justifications | p. 551 |
| Pragmatics of Argument | |
| Response of Frans H. van Eemeren | p. 571 |
| Response of Rob Grootendorst | p. 579 |
| The Speech Acts of Arguing and Convincing in Externalized Discussions | p. 583 |
| Argumentation Studies' Five Estates | p. 615 |
| Everyday Argumentation from a Speech Act Perspective | p. 655 |
| Structure of Conversational Argument: Pragmatic Bases for the Enthymeme | p. 681 |
| Argument in Everyday Contexts | |
| The Use of Argument by Preschool Children: The Emergent Production of Rules for Winning Arguments | p. 711 |
| Argument in Satisfied and Dissatisfied Married Couples | p. 737 |
| A Critical Summary of Research on the Role of Argument in Decision-Making Groups | p. 765 |
| Conclusion | |
| Conclusion | p. 785 |
| List of Contributors and Sources | p. 793 |
| Index | p. 799 |
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