Argumentation The Key Concepts

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This book is an accessible reference guide to the key concepts associated with argumentation theory criticism and pedagogy. Providing an encyclopedic‑style synthesis the book defines and describes 175 essential concepts of argumentation and provides discussion of the meaning application and impact as well as offering suggestions for further reading. Readers are introduced to foundational reasoning methods-deductive inductive and abductive-as well as key argumentative models such as the Toulmin Model and Pragma‑Dialectics. The text delves into the identification and analysis of fallacies the evaluation of evidence and the crucial roles of context audience adaptation and argumentative style. …