Chapter 1. The resolution of disputes about expressed opinions -- 1.1. The aims of this book -- 1.2. Externalization of argumentation -- 1.3. Functionalization of argumentation -- 1.4. Socialization of argumentation -- 1.5. Dialectification of argumentation -- Chapter 2. Argumentation as an illocutionary act complex -- 2.1. The basic theory of speech acts -- 2.2. Communicative and interactional aspects of language -- 2.3. Characterization of the speech act of argumentation -- 2.4. Points of agreement and disagreement with related views -- 2.5. The illocutionary act complex of argumentation -- Chapter 3. Argumentation and the perlocutionary act of convincing -- 3.1. The perlocutionary act of convincing -- 3.2. The relation between illocutions and perlocutions -- 3.3. Various kinds of usage conventions -- 3.4. The conventionality of the illocutionary perlocution of convincing -- 3.5. Externalization of the perlocutionary effect of convincing -- Chapter 4. Argumentation in discussions about expressed opinions -- 4.1. Problems of analysing argumentative discussions -- 4.2. Simple single discussions -- 4.2.1. Standard types of disputes and argumentative discussions -- 4.2.2. The resolution of simple single disputes -- 4.3. The structure of simple single discussions -- 4.3.1. The stages of the discussion -- 4.3.2. The structure of the argumentation -- Chapter 5. The distribution of speech acts in rational discussions -- 5.1. Expressed opinions, argumentation and assertives -- 5.2. Illocutionary acts and the resolution of disputes -- 5.3. The role of speech acts at different stages in the discussion -- 5.4. The role of usage declaratives -- 5.5. The interpretation of speech acts -- Chapter 6. Unexpressed premisses in rational discussions -- 6.1. Unexpressed premisses and the co-operative principle -- 6.2. Shortcomings in current theoretical approaches.

6.2.1. The Standard Logical Approach -- 6.2.2. The Presuppositional Approach -- 6.3. Unexpressed premisses as conversational implicatures -- 6.4. The conditions for explicitized unexpressed premisses -- 6.5. The explicitization of unexpressed premisses -- Chapter 7. A code of conduct for rational discussants -- 7.1. A general rule for speech acts in rational discussions -- 7.2. Rules for the confrontation stage -- 7.3. Rules for the opening stage -- 7.4. Rules for the argumentation stage -- 7.5. Rule for the concluding stage -- Chapter 8. Fallacies and the code of conduct for rational discussants -- 8.1. The treatment of fallacies in the practical literature -- 8.2. Unexpressed premisses and the analysis of fallacies -- 8.3. Various sorts of violation of the code of conduct -- 8.4. The code of conduct and the analysis of fallacies -- 8.5. Analyses of some fallacies by way of example -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.