2024/08/24 by Frans H. van Eemeren, Ton van Haaften
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Historical Linguistics and Language Studies #Language, Metaphor, and Cognition #Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
paper · doi:10.1007/s11245-024-10074-3
openalex publication_date 2024/08/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Abstract In ‘The Making of Pragma-Dialectics: A Synopsis’ the authors give an overview of the pragma-dialectical argumentation theory. First they characterize the five components of the research program: critical rationalistic philosophy, pragma-dialectical theory, qualitative and quantitative empirical research, resolution-oriented reconstructive analysis, reflection-minded practical intervention. Then they explain the four metatheoretical principles underlying the pragma-dialectical research: functionalization, socialization, externalization, and dialectification. Next the various phases in the systematic development of pragma-dialectics in the past 50 years are described: (1) conceptualization of the theoretical framework, (2) validation of the theoretical proposals, (3) empiricalization of the research efforts, (4) instrumentalization of the reconstructive analysis, (5) extension of the standard theory, (6) contextualization of the extended theory. In conclusion, a further explanation is given of the pragmadialectical approach of the crucial relationship between dialectical reasonableness and rhetorical effectiveness.