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Toward Reviving Rationality in Argument: Adding Pieces to Johnson's Puzzle

Toward Reviving Rationality in Argument: Adding Pieces to Johnson's Puzzle Although it would seem assessments of the content of arguments, and especially their rational components, would he at the center of our field, there is not a large body of argumentation research that focuses on such questions. In Manifest Rationality, Ralph Johnson attempts to revitalize the rationalistic examinations of argument. This paper advances Johnson's theory in two crucial areas. First, a pragmatic theory of truth based on new empiricism is supplied. This pragmatic theory of truth coheres well with the rest of Johnson's theory and elevates the status of grounds (orevidence) above warrant. Second, an adversarial model, eschewed by Johnson, is re-introduced. This move better accomplishes Johnson ‘s goal of including commonplace, everyday arguments in the scope of argumentation theory. These modifications to Johnson's theory should arm critics with the tools to evaluate an argument's content in addition to its ideological and persuasive features. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Argumentation and Advocacy Taylor & Francis

Toward Reviving Rationality in Argument: Adding Pieces to Johnson's Puzzle

Bruschke, Jon
Argumentation and Advocacy , Volume 40 (3): 18 – Jan 1, 2004
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Toward Reviving Rationality in Argument: Adding Pieces to Johnson's Puzzle

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Although it would seem assessments of the content of arguments, and especially their rational components, would he at the center of our field, there is not a large body of argumentation research that focuses on such questions. In Manifest Rationality, Ralph Johnson attempts to revitalize the rationalistic examinations of argument. This paper advances Johnson's theory in two crucial areas. First, a pragmatic theory of truth based on new empiricism is supplied. This pragmatic theory of...
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Abstract

Although it would seem assessments of the content of arguments, and especially their rational components, would he at the center of our field, there is not a large body of argumentation research that focuses on such questions. In Manifest Rationality, Ralph Johnson attempts to revitalize the rationalistic examinations of argument. This paper advances Johnson's theory in two crucial areas. First, a pragmatic theory of truth based on new empiricism is supplied. This pragmatic theory of truth coheres well with the rest of Johnson's theory and elevates the status of grounds (orevidence) above warrant. Second, an adversarial model, eschewed by Johnson, is re-introduced. This move better accomplishes Johnson ‘s goal of including commonplace, everyday arguments in the scope of argumentation theory. These modifications to Johnson's theory should arm critics with the tools to evaluate an argument's content in addition to its ideological and persuasive features.

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Published: Jan 1, 2004

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