Argumentation and Critical Decision Making

About this book

The first and most thoroughly developed audience-oriented argumentation text has been updated to its 8th edition: Argumentation and Critical Decision Making presents argumentation as a cooperative communicative process. This text examines the general principles of argument in a rigorous yet readable manner and then applies those principles to different spheres of life law science religion business government and politics to explore how conventions of argument change when applied to these real-world arenas. Focusing on the dynamics of decision making and using real-life examples to illustrate principles Argumentation and Critical Decision Making aims to help readers develop practical argumentation skills within the world of their daily lives.