DESCRIPTORS

Prepared by scholars from four countries, the 63 papers in this collection address recent developments and recurrent problems in the theory, practice, criticism, and teaching of argumentation. Following the texts of two keynote addresses,.the papers are presenfd according to eight broad categories: argumentation theory, historical and political argument, ideology and argument criticism, argumentation in special fields, meaning and argument, interpersonal argumentation, argument in groups and organizations, and debate theory and argument pedagogy. Specific topics discussed in the papers include the following: (1) recreating a rhetorical view of narrative; (2) argumentation in the field of rhetorical communication; (3) historical argument in the Lincoln-Douglas debates; (4) the education of a television debate critic; (5) Ronald Reagan's first State of the Union Address as case study in language, argument and culture; (6) argument an