Explores how we justify our beliefs - and try to influence those of others - both soundly and effectively.

Since the late 1950s the study of argumentation has developed from a marginal part of logic and rhetoric into a genuine interdisciplinary academic discipline. A

Scientists use arguments to relate the evidence that they select from their investigations and to justify the claims that they make about their observations. Th

The study of argumentation has primarily focused on logical and dialectical approaches, with minimal attention given to the rhetorical facets of argument. Rheto