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In:Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peng Wu
[Argumentation in Context 12] 2017
► pp. 11–36

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Chapter 2
In what sense do modern argumentation theories relate to Aristotle?

The case of Pragma-Dialectics

Published online: 12 December 2017
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Article outline
  • 1.Overview of the expose
  • 2.Argumentation theory as a hybrid discipline
  • 3. The dialectical and the rhetorical perspective
  • 4.Connections between modern argumentation theory and Aristotle
  • 5. Dealing with the relationship of dialectic and rhetoric
  • 6.The pragma-dialectical gambit
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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