Presumptions and Burdens of Proof: An Anthology of Argumentation and the Law by Hansen, Hans Vilhelm

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Presumptions and Burdens of Proof: An Anthology of Argumentation and the Law by Hansen, Hans Vilhelm

Presumptions and Burdens of Proof: An Anthology of Argumentation and the Law

$49.95
Presumptions and Burdens of Proof: An Anthology of Argumentation and the Law by Hansen, Hans Vilhelm

Presumptions and Burdens of Proof: An Anthology of Argumentation and the Law

$49.95
Format: Hardcover
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An anthology of the most important historical sources, classical and modern, on the subjects of presumptions and burdens of proof

In the last fifty years, the study of argumentation has become one of the most exciting intellectual crossroads in the modern academy. Two of the most central concepts of argumentation theory are presumptions and burdens of proof. Their functions have been explicitly recognized in legal theory since the middle ages, but their pervasive presence in all forms of argumentation and in inquiries beyond the law--including politics, science, religion, philosophy, and interpersonal communication--have been the object of study since the nineteenth century.

However, the documents and essays central to any discussion of presumptions and burdens of proof as devices of argumentation are scattered across a variety of remote sources in rhetoric, law, and philosophy. Presumptions and Burdens of Proof: An Anthology of Argumentation and the Law brings together for the first time key texts relating to the history of the theory of presumptions along with contemporary studies that identify and give insight into the issues facing students and scholars today.

The collection's first half contains historical sources and begins with excerpts from Aristotle's Topics and goes on to include the locus classicus chapter from Bishop Whately's crucial Elements of Rhetoric as well as later reactions to Whately's views. The second half of the collection contains contemporary essays by contributors from the fields of law, philosophy, rhetoric, and argumentation and communication theory. These essays explore contemporary understandings of presumptions and burdens of proof and their role in numerous contexts today. This anthology is the definitive resource on the subject of these crucial rhetorical modes and will be a vital resource to all scholars of communication and rhetoric, as well as legal scholars and practicing jurists.

Author: Hans Vilhelm Hansen
ISBN-10: 0817320172
ISBN-13: 9780817320171
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2019
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
By Hans Vilhelm Hansen
By Hans Vilhelm Hansen
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Hans V. Hansen is professor and head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Windsor in Ontario. He is coeditor of Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings and is coeditor of the journal Argumentation.

Fred J. Kauffeld (1942-2017) was professor and chair of the Department of Communication Arts at Edgewood College and coeditor of Texts in Context: Critical Dialogues on Significant Episodes in American Political Rhetoric.

James B. Freeman is professor of philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York. He is the author of Argument Structure: Representation and Theory, Acceptable Premises: An Epistemic Approach to an Informal Logic Problem, Thinking Logically: Basic Concepts for Reasoning, and Dialectics and the Macrostructure of Arguments.

Lilian Bermejo-Luque is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Granada. She is the author of Giving Reasons: A Linguistic-Pragmatic Approach to Argumentation Theory.

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