Perspectives in controversy : selected essays from Contemporary argumentation and debate / Kenneth Broda-Bahm, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Broda-Bahm, Kenneth T., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debates and debating.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : International Debate Education Association, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These essays explore current controversies in the theory of competitive academic debate. Selected articles represent opposing viewpoints on significant in-round and out-of-round disputes.

Contents:

Intro

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)

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

CRITIQUE ARGUMENTS AS POLICY ANALYSIS: POLICY DEBATE BEYOND THE RATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61770-035-5

0-585-42769-0

OCLC:

70720314