PART I
A THEORETICAL ACCOUNT OF COMPLEX ARGUMENTATION
Chapter 1
Reconstructing the structure of argumentation
1.1 Multiple and coordinatively compound argumentation
1.2 A pragma-dialectical approach
1.3 Organization of the study
Chapter 2
Structural approaches
2.1 Defining linked and convergent argumentation
2.1.1 Independent and interdependent arguments
2.1.2 Pinto and Blair’s definitions
2.1.3 Other definitions
2.2 Analyzing linked and convergent argumentation
2.3 Conclusion
Chapter 3
Functional approaches
3.1 Toulmin’s procedure for defending claims
3.1.1 The main elements of the procedure
3.1.2 Critical questions
3.1.3 Distinctions between discourse units
3.2 Freeman’s elaborations of Toulmin’s procedure
3.2.1 The main elaborations
3.2.2 Convergent arguments and arguments with modal linkage
3.2.3 Elaborations not leading to complex argumentation
3.2.4 Freeman’s analysis of multiple and coordinative argumentation
3.3 Conclusion
Chapter 4
An integrated model of argumentation structures
4.1 Interactional analysis of complex argumentation
4.2 Pragma-dialectical analysis of complex argumentation
4.3 Conclusion
PART II
TOOLS FOR RECONSTRUCTING COMPLEX
ARGUMENTATION
Chapter 5
Exploiting pragmatic clues
5.1 A charitable interpretation of standpoints
5.2 The force of standpoints
5.3 The quantification of propositions
Chapter 6
Exploiting dialogical clues
6.1 The role of explicit criticism
6.2 The refutation of counter-arguments
6.2.1 Two types of counter-arguments
6.2.2 Counter-arguments against the standpoint
6.2.3 Counter-arguments against the arguments
6.3 The acknowledgment of counter-arguments
Chapter 7
Exploiting dialectical clues
7.1 A resolution-oriented reconstruction
7.2 Argumentation for or against the acceptability of a speech act
7.3 Argumentation schemes as dialectical testing procedures
Chapter 8
Conclusion
8.1 The main findings
8.2 Theoretical and practical implications
8.3 Some suggestions for further research
Bibliography
Index of names
Index of subjects
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