Argumentation and the Social Grounds of Knowledge
Will be published approx. on 30. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8173-5568-5 (ISBN)
Description
"A departure from the traditional orientation that conceived of argumentation as applied logic. . . . (This book) exhibit(s) a concern for the social knowledge generated by a practice of communication in real situations(, ) provide(s) suggestions for interpreting interactions in which incompatible ideas come into conflict, and attempt(s) to explain how human beings thus come to know."
"--Philosophy and Rhetoric"
Reviews / Votes
A departure from the traditional orientation that conceived of argumentation as applied logic.... [This book] exhibit[s] a concern for the social knowledge generated by a practice of communication in real situations[,] provide[s] suggestions for interpreting interactions in which incompatible ideas come into conflict, and attempt[s] to explain how human beings thus come to know. - Philosophy and Rhetoric ""[An] important book....Indeed, revolutionary."" - Jahrbuch RhetorikMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-5568-5 (9780817355685)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Charles Arthur Willard (born 1945) is an American argumentation and rhetorical theorist. He is Professor and University Scholar at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.