Peter Houtlosser

List of John Benjamins publications in which Peter Houtlosser is involved.

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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.

Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser 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

Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser 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

Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser 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

Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser 2005 Introduction Argumentation in Practice, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Peter Houtlosser (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Miscellaneous