Drawing from the study of human reasoning, Argumentation describes different types of
arguments and explains how they influence beliefs and behaviour. Raymond Nickerson …

This book uses different perspectives on argumentation to show how we create arguments,
test them, attack and defend them, and deploy them effectively to justify beliefs and influence …

The psychology of reasoning and argumentation studies how people reason and persuade
others using language. Influenced by analytic philosophy, much early work focused on the …

Research and theory in argumentation can be viewed from a variety of perspectives.
Traditional perspectives include argument as a tool of inquiry and argument as a tool of …

This book is for people who find themselves beset by arguments: persuasions open and
hidden, put forward in books or on buses, blown up onto hoardings or piped right into the …

This accessible book provides a practical discussion of the main elements of argumentation
as illustrated by 30 public arguments from a recent year on a wide variety of social, cultural …

Although argumentation plays an essential role in our lives, there is no integrated area of
research on the psychology of argumentation. Instead research on argumentation is …

Abstract Argumentation plays a pivotal role in the theory of reasoning. Without an adequate
account of argumentation, it is not possible to develop a complete theory of reasoning. In this …

Arguments intended to persuade have a chequered success record. Quite aside from failing
to resolve deep disagreements, they are an inefficient means of persuasion in commerce …

Argumentation is a vital form of human cognition. Constantly in our daily lives, we are
confronted with information that conflicts, and we are forced to deal with the resulting …