Frans H. van Eemeren
List of John Benjamins publications in which Frans H. van Eemeren is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2211-4742 | E‑ISSN 2211‑4750
Book series
Argumentative Style: A pragma-dialectical study of functional variety in argumentative discourse
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, Sara Greco, Ton van Haaften, Nanon Labrie, Fernando Leal and Peng Wu
Argumentative Style discusses the various ways in which the defence of a standpoint is given shape in argumentative discourse. In this innovative study the new notion – ‘argumentative style’ – introduced for this purpose is situated in the theoretical framework of the pragma-dialectical approach to… read more[Argumentation in Context, 20] 2022. x, 332 pp.
Argumentative Style
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren
Special issue of Journal of Argumentation in Context 10:1 (2021) v, 143 pp.
Argumentation between Doctors and Patients: Understanding clinical argumentative discourse
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Nanon Labrie
Argumentation between Doctors and Patients discusses the use of argumentation in clinical settings. Starting from the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation, it aims at providing an understanding of argumentative discourse in the context of doctor-patient interaction. It explains when and how… read more[Not in series, 235] 2021. x, 155 pp.
Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
Argumentation in Actual Practice contains a collection of topical studies about argumentative discourse in context written by argumentation scholars from a diversity of academic backgrounds. Some contributions provide general perspectives, other contributions deal with specific issues, particular… read more[Argumentation in Context, 17] 2019. xiv, 336 pp.
Prototypical Argumentative Patterns: Exploring the relationship between argumentative discourse and institutional context
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren
Prototypical Argumentative Patterns reports about a research project started at the University of Amsterdam in 2012. In this project distinctive argumentative patterns have been identified in argumentative discourse in the political, the legal and the medical domain. These patterns consist of… read more[Argumentation in Context, 11] 2017. ix, 184 pp.
Context-dependency of Argumentative Patterns
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren
Special issue of Journal of Argumentation in Context 6:1 (2017) v, 104 pp.
Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peng Wu
Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics contains a selection of 18 article reporting on research conducted in the past decade in which the institutional context in which argumentative discourse takes place is systematically taken into account. Some articles provide relevant theoretical backgrounds, other… read more[Argumentation in Context, 12] 2017. ix, 367 pp.
Scrutinizing Argumentation in Practice
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
Scrutinizing Argumentation in Practice contains a selection of papers reflecting upon the use of argumentation in real life contexts. The first five sections are devoted to argumentation in a specific institutional context: scientific controversies, argumentation in politics, argumentation in a… read more[Argumentation in Context, 9] 2015. ix, 343 pp.
Exploring Argumentative Contexts
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
In Exploring Argumentative Contexts Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen bring together a broad variety of essays examining argumentation as it occurs in seven communicative domains: the political context, the historical context, the legal context, the academic context, the medical context, the… read more[Argumentation in Context, 4] 2012. xx, 398 pp.
Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse: Extending the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation
Frans H. van Eemeren
In Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse, Frans H. van Eemeren brings together the dialectical and the rhetorical dimensions of argumentation by introducing the concept of strategic maneuvering. Strategic maneuvering refers to the arguer’s continual efforts to reconcile aiming for… read more[Argumentation in Context, 2] 2010. xii, 308 pp.
Examining Argumentation in Context: Fifteen studies on strategic maneuvering
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren
Examining Argumentation in Context: Fifteen studies on strategic maneuvering contains a selection of papers on strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse. Starting point of all of these contributions is that a satisfactory analysis and evaluation of strategic maneuvering is possible only if… read more[Argumentation in Context, 1] 2009. x, 305 pp.
Controversy and Confrontation: Relating controversy analysis with argumentation theory
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
The essays that are collected in Controversy and Confrontation provide a closer insight into the relationship between controversy and confrontation that deepens our understanding of the functioning of argumentative discourse in managing differences of opinion. Their authors stem from two… read more[Controversies, 6] 2008. xiii, 278 pp.
Argumentation in Practice
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peter Houtlosser
Since the late 1950s the study of argumentation has developed from a marginal part of logic and rhetoric into a genuine interdisciplinary academic discipline. After having first been primarily concerned with creating an adequate philosophical perspective on argumentation, argumentation theorists… read more[Controversies, 2] 2005. viii, 368 pp.
2026 For your own good: A replication of hidden fallaciousness research Journal of Argumentation in Context: Online-First Articles | Article
In pragma-dialectics fallacies are viewed as violations of rules for critical discussion. The results of the ‘Conceptions of reasonableness’ project indicate that people confronted with clear cases of violations of these rules in experimental research consistently judge them as unreasonable. How… read more
2025 Changing the Editorship of JAIC Journal of Argumentation in Context 14:1, pp. 1–2 | Editorial
2022 Characterising an MEP’s argumentative style: Mr. Schlyter’s contribution to the debate on labelling fruit juices Argumentation in European Politics, Andone, Corina and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 6–26 | Article
There is much more to argumentative style than just the well-known presentational (“linguistic”) dimension. Equally important dimensions of the argumentative styles utilised in resolving a difference of opinion are the topical dimension of the selection of the standpoints, starting points,… read more
2022 Argumentation theory Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 82–90 | Chapter
2021 Examining argumentative style: A new theoretical perspective Argumentative Style, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 8–25 | Article
In this theoretical expose, it is argued that the notion of argumentative style is more encompassing and at the same time more specific than the more familiar notion of linguistic style. According to van Eemeren, argumentative styles always have three dimensions: the selection of standpoints,… read more
2021 Six related essays on argumentative style Argumentative Style, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 1–7 | Introduction
This introduction to the special issue devoted to argumentative style describes the way in which this collection of six papers came about. It recapitulates the main thrust of the issues that are included. All authors share the pragma-dialectical perspective on argumentative style set forth in… read more
2019 Chapter 1. A collection of studies of argumentation in practice Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Chapter
2019 Chapter 17. And then you are left holding the baby!: Strategic manoeuvring with the argumentum ad consequentiam Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 321–334 | Chapter
2018 Commentary on “The role of argumentative strategies in the construction of emergent common ground in a patient-centered approach to the medical encounter” Argumentation and Patient Centered Care, Snoeck Henkemans, Francisca, Roosmaryn Pilgram and Nanon Labrie (eds.), pp. 157–160 | Commentary
2017 Chapter 10. The dependency of argumentative patterns on the institutional context Prototypical Argumentative Patterns: Exploring the relationship between argumentative discourse and institutional context, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 157–180 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 2. Argumentative patterns viewed from a pragma-dialectical perspective Prototypical Argumentative Patterns: Exploring the relationship between argumentative discourse and institutional context, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 7–29 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 2. In what sense do modern argumentation theories relate to Aristotle? The case of Pragma-Dialectics Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peng Wu (eds.), pp. 11–36 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 3. Fallacies as derailments of argumentative discourse: Acceptance based on understanding and critical assessment Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peng Wu (eds.), pp. 37–58 | Chapter
2017 Context-dependency of argumentative patterns in discourse Context-dependency of Argumentative Patterns, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 3–26 | Article
This introductory article concludes the examination of prototypical argumentative patterns manifesting themselves in communicative activity types in the political, legal and medical domain reported in this special issue of the Journal of Argumentation in Context (JAIC) and an earlier special… read more
2017 Chapter 8. Strategic manoeuvring in argumentative discourse in political deliberation Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peng Wu (eds.), pp. 123–144 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 1. Introduction Prototypical Argumentative Patterns: Exploring the relationship between argumentative discourse and institutional context, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 1–5 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 1. Introduction Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peng Wu (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
2015 Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse in political deliberation Argumentation in Political Deliberation, Lewiński, Marcin and Dima Mohammed (eds.), pp. 11–31 | Article
In this essay, first the pragma-dialectical theory of strategic maneuvering is explained. Then the focus is on the conventionalization of communicative practices in communicative activity types and the institutional constraints it imposes on strategic maneuvering. Thus, an adequate background is… read more
2015 The disguised ad baculum fallacy empirically investigated: Strategic maneuvering with threats Scrutinizing Argumentation in Practice, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 313–326 | Article
Ad baculum threats can be seen as a mode of strategic maneuvering which takes on a reasonable appearance in real life situations when it mimics, legitimate pragmatic argumentation. In this paper the hypothesis was tested that ad baculum fallacies are seen as less unreasonable than clear cases when… read more
2013 Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse in political deliberation Argumentation in political deliberation, Lewiński, Marcin and Dima Mohammed (eds.), pp. 10–31 | Article
In this essay, first the pragma-dialectical theory of strategic maneuvering is explained. Then the focus is on the conventionalization of communicative practices in communicative activity types and the institutional constraints it imposes on strategic maneuvering. Thus, an adequate background is… read more
2012 Chapter 3. Exploiting the room for strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse: Dealing with audience demand in the European Parliament Exploring Argumentative Contexts, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 43–58 | Article
The room for strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse depends not only on the dialectical and rhetorical preconditions inherent in strategic maneuvering but also on various kinds of extrinsic preconditions imposed on strategic maneuvering by the institutional macro-context of the… read more
2012 Introduction Exploring Argumentative Contexts, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. xiii–xx | Article
2009 Analysis and evaluation of argumentative discourse Discourse, of Course: An overview of research in discourse studies, Renkema, Jan (ed.), pp. 171–184 | Article
2009 Strategic maneuvering: Examining argumentation in context Examining Argumentation in Context: Fifteen studies on strategic maneuvering, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 1–24 | Article
2008 Controversy and confrontation in argumentative discourse Controversy and Confrontation: Relating controversy analysis with argumentation theory, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Article
2008 Rhetoric in a dialectical framework: Fallacies as derailments of strategic manoeuvring Dialogue and Rhetoric, Weigand, Edda (ed.), pp. 133–151 | Article
The fallacies are one of the most significant research topics in the study of argumentation. After Hamblin (1970) revealed the inadequacy of the dominant Logical Standard Treatment of the fallacies, several kinds of alternative treatments have been developed. The “pragma-dialectical” alternative… read more
2008 Reasonableness in confrontation: Empirical evidence concerning the assessment of ad hominem fallacies Controversy and Confrontation: Relating controversy analysis with argumentation theory, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 181–195 | Article
2007 The study of argumentation as normative pragmatics Pragmatic Interfaces, Saussure, Louis de and Peter J. Schulz (eds.), pp. 161–177 | Article
In the study of argumentation there is a sharp and ideological separation between dialectical and rhetorical approaches, which needs to be remedied. The authors show how the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation can be instrumental in bridging the gap. By adopting a research programme that… read more
2005 Foreword: Preview by review Manipulation and Ideologies in the Twentieth Century: Discourse, language, mind, Saussure, Louis de and Peter J. Schulz (eds.), pp. ix–xvi | Foreword
2005 Introduction Argumentation in Practice, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Miscellaneous
2005 22. The conventional validity of the pragma-dialectal freedom rule Argumentation in Practice, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser (eds.), pp. 349–365 | Chapter
1995 Argumentation theory Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 55–61 | Article
1991 The study of argumentation from a speech act perspective Pragmatics at Issue: Selected papers of the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, August 17–22, 1987, Verschueren, Jef (ed.), pp. 151–170 | Article