Argumentation : the study of effective reasoning
(DVD)

part I. lecture 1. Introducing argumentation and rhetoric -- lecture 2. History of argumentation studies -- lecture 3. Formal and informal argument -- lecture 4. The emergence of controversy -- lecture 5. Resolutions and issues -- lecture 6. Stasis: the focal point of dispute -- lecture 7. Presumption and burden of proof -- lecture 8. Argument analysis and diagramming -- lecture 9. Claims and evidence -- lecture 10. Reasoning from parts to whole -- lecture 11. Moving from cause to effect -- lecture 12. Establishing correlations --

part II.

lecture 13. Analogy, narrative and form

lecture 14. What makes a sound argument?

lecture 15. Fallacies in reasoning

lecture 16. Validity and fallacies reconsidered

lecture 17. Assembling a case

lecture 18. Attack and defense I

lecture 19. Attack and defense II

lecture 20. Language and style in argumentation

lecture 21. Arguments between friends

lecture 22. Arguments among experts

lecture 23. Public argument and democratic life

lecture 24. Ends of argumentation.