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Argumentation : the study of effective reasoning / The Teaching Company.

Zarefsky, David. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:
Lectures by Dr. David Zarefsky, Professor of Argumentation and Debate and Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, cover the history of rhetoric and debate as well as analysis of different types of arguments in various situations.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1598031171
  • ISBN: 9781598031171
  • Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 127 pages ; 19 cm).
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The Great courses, Philosophy & Intellectual History"--Container.1
The accompanying course guidebook includes a glossary, biographical notes, and a bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:
part I (disc 1): lecture 1. Introducing argumentation and rhetoric -- lecture 2. Underlying assumptions of argumentation -- lecture 3. Formal and informal argumentation -- lecture 4. History of argumentation studies -- lecture 5. Argument analysis and diagramming -- lecture 6. Complex structures of argument -- part 1 (disc 2): lecture 7. Case construction, requirements and options -- lecture 8. Stasis, the heart of the controversy -- lecture 9. Attack and defense, I -- lecture 10. Attack and defense, II -- lecture 11. Language and style in arguments -- lecture 12. Evaluating evidence --
part II (disc 3): -- lecture 13. Reasoning from parts to whole -- lecture 14. Reasoning with comparisons -- lecture 15. Establishing correlations -- lecture 16. Moving from cause to effect -- lecture 17. Commonplaces and arguments from form -- lecture 18. Hybrid patterns of inference -- part II (disc 4): lecture 19. Validity and fallacies, I -- lecture 20. Validity and fallacies, II -- lecture 21. Arguments between friends -- lecture 22. Arguments among experts -- lecture 23. Public argument and democratic life -- lecture 24. Ends of argumentation.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Producer, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisors, Ann Waigand and Maggie Lyons.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lecturer: David Zarefsky, Northwestern University.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1.
Subject: Debates and debating.
Forensics (Public speaking)
Reasoning.
Rhetoric.
Genre: Lectures.
Educational films.
Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity DVD 808.53 ZAR 2005 (Text) 31001101930684 DVD Adult Available -


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