Book contents
- The Practice of Argumentation
- The Practice of Argumentation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Argumentative Perspective
- Chapter 2 What Arguments Look Like
- Chapter 3 The Emergence of Controversy
- Chapter 4 Evidence in Argumentation
- Chapter 5 Argument Schemes
- Chapter 6 Fallacies
- Chapter 7 Case Construction
- Chapter 8 Attack and Defense
- Chapter 9 Language, Style, and Presentation
- Chapter 10 Where and Why We Argue
- Appendix Learning Argumentation through Debate
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Case Construction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2019
- The Practice of Argumentation
- The Practice of Argumentation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Argumentative Perspective
- Chapter 2 What Arguments Look Like
- Chapter 3 The Emergence of Controversy
- Chapter 4 Evidence in Argumentation
- Chapter 5 Argument Schemes
- Chapter 6 Fallacies
- Chapter 7 Case Construction
- Chapter 8 Attack and Defense
- Chapter 9 Language, Style, and Presentation
- Chapter 10 Where and Why We Argue
- Appendix Learning Argumentation through Debate
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In Chapters 4–6, we have considered factors that strengthen or weaken individual arguments, focusing especially on the evidence on which an argument is based and on the patterns of inference that are expressed in various argument schemes. Usually, though, these individual arguments are combined into larger units to advance or defeat a resolution, the main claim in a controversy. The structure of subsidiary claims and evidence to support or oppose a resolution is called a case. If the case supports the resolution, it is called an affirmative case (because it affirms) and if it opposes the resolution, it is referred to as a negative case (because it negates).
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- The Practice of ArgumentationEffective Reasoning in Communication, pp. 161 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019