Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation

Preface and acknowledgements; J. Anthony Blair.- Introduction: Christopher W. Tindale.- Part 1: Critical Thinking.- Introduction.- 1. Is there an obligation to reason well?.- 2. The Keegstra affair: A test case for critical thinking.- 3. What is bias?.- Postscript.- Part 2: Informal Logic.- Introduction.- 4. Argument management, informal logic and critical thinking.- 5. What is the right amount of support for a conclusion.- 6. Premissary relevance.- 7. Premise adequacy.- 8. Relevance, acceptability and sufficiency today.- 9. The 'logic' of informal logic.- 10. Informal logic and logic.- Postscript.- Part 3: Argument Theory.- Introduction.- 11. Walton’s argument schemes for presumptive reasoning.- 12. A theory of normative reasoning schemes.- 13. Towards a philosophy of argument.- 14. Argument and its uses.- 15. A time for argument theory integration.- 16. The possibility and actuality of visual arguments.- Postscript.- Part 4: Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric.- Introduction.- 17. The limits of the dialogue model of argument.- 18. Relationships among logic, dialectic and rhetoric.- 19. The rhetoric of visual arguments.- 20. Pragma-Dialectics and pragma-dialectics.- 21. Investigations and the Critical Discussion model.- 22. Perelmantoday on justice and argumentation.- 23. Rhetoric and argumentation.- Postscript.- Publications of J. Anthony Blair to June 2011.- References.- Index of Names.- Subject Index.