Introduction: The Epistemological Approach to Argumentation--A Map (original) (raw)

An overvic\\ of tht: epistemological approach to argumentation. explaining \\hat it is. justifying it as better than a rhetorical or a consensual ist approach. systematizing the main directions and theories according to their criteria for good argumentation and presenting their contributions to major topics of argumentation theory. Also. an introduction to the articles of the two special issues of Informal Logic about the epistemological approach to argumentation. Resume: On decrit l'approche epistemologique de I' argumentation. la compare aux autres approches. systematise scs directions principales et ses theories selon ses criteres d 'un bon argument, presente les contributions des theoriciens de cette approche sur les sujets majeurs de la theorie d•argumentation. Entin. on resume les articles de ce numero special d' Informal Logic ainsi que ceux du prochain.