Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Maneuvering strategically with dissociation in a political interview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dissociation in an argumentative confrontation -- 3. Institutional preconditions for confrontational strategic maneuvering in a political interview -- 4. Dissociation at work - a sample analysis -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Strategic maneuvering in critical reactions to pragmatic argumentation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pragmatic argumentation and criticism -- 3. Strategic maneuvering in critical responses to pragmatic argumentation: A case study -- 3.1 Porters' selection of the topical potential -- 3.2 Porter's adaption to the audience -- 3.3 Porter's use of presentational devices -- 4. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Figurative analogy in political argumentation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The structure of figurative analogies -- 3. Figurative analogies within the political discourse of Austria and The Netherlands -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Anecdotes and arguments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An anecdote as told by Bush -- 2.1 The anecdote's function -- 2.2 Bush's anecdote as a strategic maneuver -- 3. Three anecdotes as told by Hilary Clinton -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Pragma-dialectical analysis of rhetorical texts -- 1. The analytical problem -- 2. The case study: Obama in Cairo, June 2009 -- 3. Analysis -- 3.1 Audiences and their commitments -- 3.2 Reconstructing the discourse: Standpoint analysis -- 3.3 Strategic maneuvering -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Amplification in strategic maneuvering -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Presentational devices in strategic maneuvering -- 3. Amplification in the rhetorical tradition -- 4. Cases of amplification.

5. Amplification as an aspect of strategic maneuvering -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Breast cancer screening -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Breast cancer in Holland -- 3. Reconstructing health communication leaflets as implicit dialogues -- 4. Research question -- 5. Experiment 1: Anecdotal versus statistical presentation -- 5.1 Method -- 5.1.1 Material -- 5.1.2 Participants/Procedure -- 5.2 Results -- 6. Experiment 2: Anecdotal presentation and framing -- 6.1 Method -- 6.1.1 The material -- 6.2 Results -- 7. Experiment 3: Statistical presentation and framing -- 8. A comparison between statistical and anecdotal presentation -- 9. Post-experimental responses -- Notes -- References -- A doctor's ethos enhancing maneuvers in medical consultation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Health care in the Netherlands -- 3. Argumentative discourse in medical consultation -- 4. Ethos enhancing strategic maneuvers in medical consultation -- 5. A doctor's ethos enhancing maneuvers to built trust and stress expertise -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Literature -- "Try the smarter way" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Assessing the quality of argumentation in advertising -- 3. Requirements for the quality of argumentation on the effects of medicines -- 4. The analysis -- 4.1 Remdex -- 4.2 BenzaClin -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Argument analysis in large scale deliberation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Large-scale deliberation: Current practice and classic theory -- 3. The classic puzzle of deliberation -- 4. Argumentative grounds for analyzing large-scale deliberation -- 5. Classic puzzle of deliberation as a dialectical trade-off -- 6. Analysis of large-scale deliberation as a challenge to argumentation theory -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The pragma-dialectical account of argument schemes -- 1. Introduction.

2. The pragma-dialectical typology -- 2.1 The main types -- 2.2 Variants and sub-types -- 2.3 Evaluating the use of argument schemes -- 3. Problems -- 3.1 Ordering principle of the typology -- 3.2 Exhaustiveness of the types -- 3.3 Mutual exclusiveness of the types -- 3.4 Relation between critical questions of a main type and of a sub-type -- 3.5 Relevance and completeness of the critical questions -- 3.6 Status of the preliminary questions for some sub-types -- 4. A proposed revision -- 5. Summary -- Notes -- References -- The analysis of the strategic function of presentational techniques -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The strategic function of presentational techniques -- 3. The argumentative situation and the strategic function of dissociation -- 3.1 Dissociation as opposition -- 3.2 Dissociation as a way of denying the undeniable -- 3.3 Dissociation as values-utilizing -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Handling counterarguments -- 1. The pragma-dialectical normative analysis of handling counterarguments -- 2. Social-scientific research findings concerning handling counterarguments -- 3. Convergences and divergences in normative and descriptive analyses of handling counterarguments -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- On Combining Pragma-Dialectics with Critical Discourse Analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Two approaches to (argumentative) discourse -- 3. Prospects for a dialogue between Pragma-dialectics and CDA -- 4. Towards an integrated approach to argumentation analysis -- Notes -- References -- Formal dialectical systems and their uses in the study of argumentation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Examples -- 2.1 System H -- 2.2 System CND -- 2.3 Comparing the two systems -- 3. A Laboratory of Rules -- 4. The pluralism of the formal dialectical approach -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

The pragma-dialectical approach to circularity in argumentation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical overview -- 2.1 Aristotle -- 2.2 Logical approaches -- 2.3 Doxastic approaches -- 2.4 Epistemic approaches -- 2.5 The shift to the dialectical -- 2.6 Desiderata for theories of question-begging -- 3. The pragma-dialectical account of the fallacy of question-begging -- 4. Some issues of interpretation -- 4.1 How are A and A* to be connected? -- 4.2 Is there a requirement of conclusiveness? -- 4.3 Four criteria for question begging arguments -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.