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  • Chapter 1: Analyzing Controversy -- an introduction
  • Basic Approaches in Analyzing Disagreements
  • Matters of Language
  • Matters of Fact
  • Matters of Value
  • Chapter Highlights
  • Chapter 2: Slogans
  • Defining Slogans
  • Slogans Mean Something But…
  • Slogans in Motto Form
  • The Humpty Dumpty Principle -- power through slogans
  • A Procedure
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter 3: Reification
  • Reification and the Analysis of Disputes
  • Chapter 4: Definitions & Controversy
  • Implicit Definitions
  • Programmatic Definitions
  • Chapter 5: Pseudo-Solutions
  • Evaluating Solution Proposals
  • Chapter 6: Name Calling
  • Ad Hominem
  • Delegitimization: presenting value judgments as facts
  • Is Linguistic Bullying and Domination Involved?
  • Chapter 7: Reason and Logic in Disputes
  • An Informal Model
  • The Syllogism
  • Validity and Soundness
  • Enthymemes
  • Common Errors in Argument
  • Other Related Chapters in This Text
  • Keywords for Further Data Base Search
  • Chapter 8: Presuppositions
  • The Vulnerability Of Argument
  • Chapter 9: The Nature of Consensus
  • Two Dimensions of Consensus
  • The Risks of Clarity
  • Span of Consensus
  • The Analytic Procedure
  • Chapter 10: The Nature of "Society"
  • The Two Step Procedure
  • Chapter 11: Feelings, Facts and Logic
  • More About Loaded Language
  • Chapter 12: Authority
  • Chapter 13: Operationalizing
  • Review Activity
  • Chapter 14: Inquiry Blockers
  • Simple Inquiry-blockers
  • Chapter 15: Fact and Value
  • Fact and authority
  • Is sense-experience the basic authority?
  • Procedure for Section I:
  • Section II. Does Evaluation Imply a Commitment?
  • Procedure for Section II
  • When disputants gives an evaluation; consider whether:
  • For Further Consideration
  • Chapter 16: Benefits and Costs
  • Divisible and Indivisible Benefits
  • Absolute and Positional Benefits
  • Chapter 17: Responsibility
  • Why Assumptions About Responsibility Are Important
  • Chapter 18: Why Disputes Continue
  • Appendix A: Basic Library Research
  • Basic Library Research
  • Creating A Search Strategy
  • Searching Databases
  • Appendix B: Visualizing Structures of Thought with Venn Diagrams
  • The Relationship Between Venns and Syllogistic Arguments
  • Index

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