Charles Arthur Willard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4870054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Arthur Willard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles Arthur |
| FAMILY NAME | Willard |
| SIGNATURE | WILLARD C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mr. Willard is Assistant Professor of Speech, Dartmouth College. An earlier version of this essay was presented at the Speech Communication Association convention in, December of 1975. The author thanks Joseph W. Wenzel, Daniel J. O'Keefe, Robert L. Scott, and Wayne Brockriede for their many helpful criticisms of the original paper |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Note on Simons, Gaonkar, and the rhetoric of science
Propositional Argument Is to Argument What Talking About Passion Is to Passion
This essay responds to Brant Burleson's paper which appeared in the Winter 1979 issue of JAFA. The crux of the dispute is whether argument-as-product or argument-as-inter-action should be regarded as the paradigm case or exemplar of argument. The primacy of the interactional view is defended by reference to the shortcomings of the serial predicative view: its ignoring the role of the passions, its inability to distinguish argumentation from other…
A Reformulation of the Concept of Argument
1978). A Reformulation of the Concept of Argument: The Constructivist/Interactionist Foundations of a Sociology of Argument. The Journal of the American Forensic Association: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 121-140
On the utility of descriptive diagrams for the analysis and criticism of arguments
Argument diagrams, especially Stephen Toulmin's "layout," have enjoyed wide popularity, but the theoretical assumptions behind the use of such diagrams are very suspect. Diagrams are linguistically biased; they abstract arguments out of social contexts; and it is impossible to clearly define and delimit the phenomena they represent. The disadvantages of their use outweigh any conceptual advantages they might provide, and the rhetorical critic and…
A Reformulation of the Concept of Argument
1978). A Reformulation of the Concept of Argument: The Constructivist/Interactionist Foundations of a Sociology of Argument. The Journal of the American Forensic Association: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 121-140
On the utility of descriptive diagrams for the analysis and criticism of arguments
Argument diagrams, especially Stephen Toulmin's "layout," have enjoyed wide popularity, but the theoretical assumptions behind the use of such diagrams are very suspect. Diagrams are linguistically biased; they abstract arguments out of social contexts; and it is impossible to clearly define and delimit the phenomena they represent. The disadvantages of their use outweigh any conceptual advantages they might provide, and the rhetorical critic and…
On the utility of descriptive diagrams for the analysis and criticism of arguments
Argument diagrams, especially Stephen Toulmin's "layout," have enjoyed wide popularity, but the theoretical assumptions behind the use of such diagrams are very suspect. Diagrams are linguistically biased; they abstract arguments out of social contexts; and it is impossible to clearly define and delimit the phenomena they represent. The disadvantages of their use outweigh any conceptual advantages they might provide, and the rhetorical critic and…
A Reformulation of the Concept of Argument
1978). A Reformulation of the Concept of Argument: The Constructivist/Interactionist Foundations of a Sociology of Argument. The Journal of the American Forensic Association: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 121-140
Propositional Argument Is to Argument What Talking About Passion Is to Passion
This essay responds to Brant Burleson's paper which appeared in the Winter 1979 issue of JAFA. The crux of the dispute is whether argument-as-product or argument-as-inter-action should be regarded as the paradigm case or exemplar of argument. The primacy of the interactional view is defended by reference to the shortcomings of the serial predicative view: its ignoring the role of the passions, its inability to distinguish argumentation from other…
Note on Simons, Gaonkar, and the rhetoric of science
Philosophy (3 works) · Argument (complex analysis (2 works) · Argument map (2 works) · Argumentation theory (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)