Defining an argument as any disagreement from the most polite discussion to a barroom brawl, a philosophy professor offers specific rules to follow and pitfalls to avoid in successfully defending an opinion

How to Win an Argument

Politics & Social Sciences

Gilbert, Michael A.

Philosophy

McGraw=Hill

A practical, easy-to-read and often amusing guide that describes how to hone your argument skills. Features contemporary examples of debates on current topics with sidebar notes demonstrating weak and strong techniques. Provides tools to identify and avoid the most common verbal traps. Contains strategies for effectively making your points during a disagreement--whether it's a formal debate or a shouting match.

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Trade Paper Press

Quiet, self-effacing Eugene Brackin takes his three co-workers hostage, and each prisoner struggles to save his or her own life when they discover that Brackin wants nothing in return for their lives

Office party

Literature & Fiction

United States

Linden Press/Simon & Schuster

How to Win an Argument is designed to provide you with the tools you need to improve your rhetorical and critical skills.

How to Win an Argument: Surefire Strategies for Getting Your Point Across

Self-Help

Relationships

University Press of America

Coalescent Argumentation

Coalescent Argumentation is based on the concept that arguments can function from agreement, rather than disagreement. To prove this idea, Gilbert first discusses how several components--emotional, visceral (physical) and kisceral (intuitive) are utilized in an argumentative setting by people everyday. These components, also characterized as "modes," are vital to argumentative communication because they affect both the argument and the resulting outcome. In addition to the components/modes, this book also stresses the goals in argumentation as a means for understanding one's own and one's opposer's positions. Gilbert argues that by viewing positions as complex human events involving a variety of communicative modes, we are better able to find commonalities across positions, and, therefore, move from conflict to resolution. By focusing on agreement and shared goals in all modes, arguers can coalesce diverse positions and more easily distinguish between minor or unrelated differences and core disagreements. This permits much greater latitude for locating shared beliefs, values, and attitudes that will lead to conflict resolution.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Routledge

For researchers and grad students in Argumentation Theory. Author's unique approach, drawing on theory from other disciplines, should attract interest from Comm Theory, Discourse Analysis, Philosophy, and Psychology. Possibly Management, too.

Proven techniques for getting your point across and winning arguments
If you've ever felt the frustration of losing an argumentâ€”even when you knew you were rightâ€”to someone more skilled in pressing their point (and your hot buttons), this book is for you. This practical, often amusing guide gives you the tools you need to make your point clearly in any disagreement, from a formal debate to a roaring shouting match. You'll find: 
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<li>Strategies for identifyingâ€”and avoidingâ€”the common traps your opponents may set for you </li>
<li>Sample arguments spotlighting current issues with notes that analyze both weak and strong techniques </li>
<li>Interactive quizzes that help reinforce your new skills and build confidenceâ€”"Insightful, instructive, and enjoyable to read."â€”Publishers Weekly</li>
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A practical, easy-to-read and often amusing guide that describes how to hone your argument skills. Features contemporary examples of debates on current topics with sidebar notes demonstrating weak and strong techniques. Provides tools to identify and avoid the most common verbal traps. Contains strategies for effectively making your points during a disagreement--whether it's a formal debate or a shouting match.

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How to Win an Argument

How to Win an Argument

Office party

How to Win an Argument: Surefire Strategies for Getting Your Point Across

Coalescent Argumentation

Coalescent Argumentation

How to Win an Argument: Surefire Strategies for Getting Your Point Across

How to Win an Argument

How to Win an Argument