| Description |
1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Contents |
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) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Debates and debating.
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debates.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Speech.
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Debates and debating.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Broda-Bahm, Kenneth T., 1963-
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| ISBN |
0585427690 |
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9780585427690 |
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0970213050 |
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9780970213051 |
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1617700355 |
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9781617700354 |
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