附註:Includes bibliographical references.
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: METHODS OF ARGUMENTATIVE SUPPORT -- AUTHORITY AS ARGUMENT IN ACADEMIC DEBATE -- ARGUMENT BORROWING AND ITS OBLIGATIONS -- PART TWO: THE QUESTION OF CRITICAL THINKING -- THE VALUE OF COMPETITIVE DEBATE AS A VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY -- ENHANCING CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY THROUGH ACADEMIC DEBATE -- PART THREE VERSIONS OF CAUSE -- THE APPLICATION OF PROXIMATE CAUSE TO CEDA DEBATE -- DOMINANT FORM AND MARGINALIZED VOICES: ARGUMENTATION ABOUT FEMINISM(S).
DEBUNKING MINI-MAX REASONING: THE LIMITS OF EXTENDED CAUSAL CHAINS IN CONTEST DEBATING -- COUNTERFACTUAL POSSIBILITIES: CONSTRUCTING COUNTER- TO- FACT CAUSAL CLAIMS -- PART FOUR: FIAT: THE FORCE OF ASSUMED ACTION -- POLICY DEBATE AS FICTION: IN DEFENSE OF UTOPIAN FIAT -- A COUNTERFACTUAL THEORY OF FIAT -- FIAT AND THE CIRCUMVENTION ARGUMENT -- THE DECISION-MAKER -- PART FIVE: CRITIQUES -- EXPANDING THE ARGUMENTATIVE DOMAIN -- A DEFENSE OF CRITIQUE ARGUMENTS: BEYOND THE RESOLUTIONAL QUESTION -- CONTEXTS, TEXTS AND RETEXTS: TEXTUAL ANALYSIS RE- EXAMINED CRITICIZING KRITIKS.
摘要:Perspectives in Controversy brings together essays from the journal Contemporary Argumentation and Debate into a single volume. These essays explore current controversies in the theory of competitive academic debate.
