Reorganizes Aristotle's system of topics (as presented in Cicero's "Topics") to provide a useful tool for corporate speechwriting. Illustrates with a case study how a modern speechwriter/speaker might use the topics to develop a subject fully. (PD)

The author, a Fulbright Lecturer at Osaka University, discusses debate in Japan and the Japanese value system with its deference to age and authority. (PD)

This paper subjects to critical scrutiny the critique by Stephen and Joan Baratz of the "social pathology model" as the social scientific base that authorizes interventionist social action programs. (Editor)

Questions the current distinction between semantics and pragmatics, and develops a theory of "argumentative scales" (Ducrot 1973), as well as a semantic model with three components and a revision of the notion of "illocutionary." (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

After presenting a counter-example to Popper's thesis against induction, the importance is stressed of reinforcing the degree of confirmation of a hypothesis. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Attempts to determine to what extent a linguistic analysis can contribute to an epistemological study of scientific texts. Considerations are also given on the methodological role of argumentation in linguistic science. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Discusses the problems and possibilities inherent in teaching discussion and argumentation as a craft. (Author/RB)

This paper proposes the examination of the "rhetorical compact" as a new genre of rhetorical criticism. The paper contends that the study of rhetorical compacts and the resulting influence on rhetorical patterns can serve as a tool to the scholar seeking to identify the implicit strategies in textual analysis. It suggests a linear…

Seeking the answers as to what makes one speaker more charismatic than another and why some speeches are merely effective while others move audiences to a transcendent state is a difficult task. This paper follows up on this challenge and seeks to provide some answers as to how the prophetic works of Richard Brothers moved his followers to a…

An appropriate approach to the issue of argumentation for science learning would follow a socio-constructivist perspective that takes into account the role of language and social context in the process of learning. Moreover, although Toulmin's model offers interesting insights to the study of argumentation, particularly in identifying major…

When covering persuasion in the basic speech communication course, many textbooks include information on how students can detect logical fallacies in the persuasive attempts of others. It is important to provide students with a hands-on experience that will help them apply their knowledge of logical fallacies so that they can retain and better use…

This paper examines the potential of sociohistorical theory for the study of academic debate. The essay describes sociohistorical theory (noting that it is most often attributed to the work of Lev Vygotsky and that contemporary scholars influenced by it include Jerome Bruner and James Wertsch), the relationship between reason and emotion from a…

The fundamental opposition of two types of discourse, mathematical proof and argumentation to the problem of validation in mathematics is explored. The naturalistic study of interaction in classrooms suggests the possibility of a mathematical argumentation to which students have access by the practice of discussions ruled by socio-mathematical…

Reports on an examination of the annual reports of more than 250 corporations listed among "Fortune Magazine's" top 500. (TO)