title: Elements of Argumentation (The MIT Press)
author:  Philippe Besnard 
description: "This book makes an impressive case for the power and richness of a deductive approach to argumentation. It demonstrates true scholarship, and is a must for logicians, computer scientists, and AI researchers studying argumentation."--Henry Prakken, University of Utrecht<br /><br />"The field of argumentation draws inspiration, techniques, and indeed researchers from a range of disciplines, including logic, philosophy, and computer science. It has for some time been clear that the field urgently needs an effort to comprehensively relate these different perspectives. Besnard and Hunter are leading argumentation researchers, and in "Elements of Argumentation, " they have done a wonderful and comprehensive job of doing exactly this. The book covers all the key argumentation perspectives in detail, is amply illustrated with many worked examples, and is written in crystal clear prose. The field of argumentation has grown enormously over the past five years, and there is every reason to believe it will continue to grow. "Elements of Argumentation" will surely be its key text for the foreseeable future."--Michael Wooldridge, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool<br /><br />"A landmark volume in the study of argumentation. For those of us who work in artificial intelligence, this will be the standard reference for years to come."--Simon Parsons, Department of Computer and Information Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/468188_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [1\. Argumentation Theory as a Discipline](html/468188_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [2\. Building a Theory of Argumentation](html/468188_1_En_2_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [3\. A Model of a Critical Discussion](html/468188_1_En_3_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [4\. Critical Discussion and the Identification of Fallacies](html/468188_1_En_4_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [5\. Descriptive Studies of Argumentative Discourse](html/468188_1_En_5_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [6\. Analysis as Resolution-Oriented Reconstruction](html/468188_1_En_6_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [7\. Strategic Manoeuvring in Argumentative Discourse](html/468188_1_En_7_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [8\. Distinguishing Between Different Kinds of Argumentative Practices](html/468188_1_En_8_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [9\. Prototypical Argumentative Patterns](html/468188_1_En_9_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [10\. Pragma-Dialectics Amidst Other Approaches to Argumentation](html/468188_