Burden of proof : an introduction to argumentation and guide to parliamentary debate /

Crossman, Mark R.

Burden of proof : an introduction to argumentation and guide to parliamentary debate / Mark R. Crossman - 3rd edition - Australia : Thomson, c2006 - xiii, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Contents
Chapter 1. An Invitation to argue
Chapter 2. Identifying and Testing Inductive Arguments
Chapter 3. Fallacies
Chapter 4. An Overview of Parliamentary Debate
Chapter 5. Research: Discovering and Supporting the Issue
Chapter 6. Arguing proposition of Fact and Value
Chapter 7. Arguing Propositions of Policy
Chapter 8. Refutation: Defending your Ideas throughout the Debate
Chapter 9. Presenting your Argument
Chapter 10. Forensics: A Speaker's Playground
Chapter 11. Advanced Strategies for Tournament Debates

Appendix A. Sample Topics
Appendix B. NPDA Rules of Debating

Includes Index : p. 217 - 220

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