Pattee, George K. / 2008-11-04 00:00:00
EBOOK PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION ***
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PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION
PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION
BY GEORGE K. PATTEE, A.M.
Assistant Professor of English and Rhetoric
in The Pennsylvania State College
TO FRED LEWIS PATTEE
Preface
The author's aim has been to produce a book that is practical,--
practical from the student's standpoint, and practical from the
teacher's standpoint. The study of Argumentation has often been
criticized for being purely academic, or for being a mere stepping-
stone to the study of law. It has even been said that courses in
Argumentation and Debate have been introduced into American colleges
and universities for no other purpose than to give the intellectual
student the opportunity, so long monopolized by his athletic
classmate, to take part in intercollegiate contests. The purpose of
this book is to teach Argumentation, which is not a science by itself
but one of the four branches of Rhetoric, in such a way as to remove
these criticisms.
Largely by his choice of illustrative material the author has
endeavored to show that this subject is confined neither to the class
room nor to any one profession. He has drawn his illustrations, for
the most part, from contemporary and popular sources; he has had
recourse to many current magazines, newspapers, books, and recent
speeches, hoping to show thereby that Argumentation is a practical
subject.
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