Argumentation, discussion, and debate / by A. Craig Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Albert Craig, 1883-1979

Series:

McGraw-Hill series in speech

[McGraw-Hill Series in Speech.]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debates and debating.

Discussion.

debates.

Physical Description:

x, 422 pages ; 24 cm

8vo.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, 1950.

Contents:

Aims, relationships, applications

Subjects, propositions, and questions

Research techniques

Reflective thinking and argumentative types: preliminary survey

Definition

Analysis and issues

Organization: the outline and the brief

Evidence: principles and types

Evidence: techniques and tests

Argument: generalization

Argument: analogy

Argument: causal reasoning; authority

Argument: deduction

Obstacles to straight thinking

Argumentative composition: divisions of discourse

Argumentative composition: language

Persuasion: techniques of motivation

Delivery

Discussion: aims, relationships, techniques

Discussion: patterns and outlines

Discussion: special types

Discussion: leadership, participation, evaluation

Debate: principles and techniques

Debate: refutation and rebuttal

Debate: special types

Judging debaters and debates.

Notes:

"Suggested library sources for readings on current problems": pages 396-399

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-416) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Baird, Albert Craig, 1883-1979. Argumentation, discussion, and debate.

OCLC:

335340