TOPICAL RELEVANCE IN ARGUMENTATION -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- 1. CONVERSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS OF IRRELEVANCE -- 1.0 Objective of Study -- 1.1 Dual Nature of Pragmatic Analysis -- 1.2 Disputation Theory -- 1.3 Standard Preconceptions o f Irrelevance -- 1.4 Fallacies o f Emotional Distraction -- 1.5 Ad Misericordiam Arguments -- 1.6 A Contrastive Case Study -- 1.7 The Ad Hominem Fallacy -- 1.8 Relevant Answers to Questions -- IMMIGRATION TIMOTHY LEARY: REASON ALLOWED TO ENTER CANADA -- 1.9 A Second Case Study of Question-Relevance -- ENERGY SALE OF GASOLINE TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS -- 1.10 Function o f Questioning in Parliamentary Debate -- 2. PROPOSITIONAL INFERENCES IN DISPUTATION -- 2.0 Relevance in Games of Dialogue -- 2.1 Refutation and Propositional Structure -- 2.2 Classical Propositional Logic: Basic Elements -- 2.3 Valid Arguments in Classical Logic -- 2.4 Astounding Inferences in Classical Logic -- 2.5 Relatedness Propositional Logic: Basic Elements -- 2.6 Valid Arguments in Relatedness Logic -- 2.7 The Astounding Inferences Revisited -- 2.8 The Propositional Core of Disputation -- 3. PARADOXES, SOPHISMS AND RELATEDNESS -- 3.0 The Meaning of Relatedness -- 3.1 Act-Sequences and Relatedness -- 3.2 Subject-Matter Contents of Propositions -- 3.3 Paradoxes and Astounding Inferences -- 3.4 Missing Factors -- 3.5 Needed Premisses in Inferences -- 3.6 Irrelevant Premisses -- 3.7. Pluralism of Concepts of Relevance -- 3.8 Information Inclusion -- 4. CRITICISMS OF IRRELEVANCE IN GAMES OF DIALOGUE -- 4.0 Six Types of Criticisms of Irrelevance -- 4.1 Varieties of Games -- 4.2 Strong and Weak Refutation -- 4.3 Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Games -- 4.4 Misconception of Refutation -- 4.5 Pertinence -- 4.6 Question-Answer Relevance -- 4.7 Types of Questions and Answers.

4.8 Rules o f Responding -- 4.9 Types of Relevance Compared -- 4.10 Conditionals in Disputation -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.