Akif Çetin

  ARGUMENTATİON METHODS People use argumentation for the sake of making decisions, solving problems and generally managing disagreements. (Wenzel 15) There are three primary argumentation methods: Logical, dialectical and rhetorical. Logical argumentation is used when a compulsory product exist. Remember the famous argumentation quote: All people are mortal. Socrates is a person. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. The product is compulsory when other premises are accepted. The first and second premises are not about logic. Other disciplines are busy with their trueness and wrongness. The logic appears in the third sentence. Moreover, logical argumentation cannot be used in normative judgement, because normative sentences, like “you should do it”, is valid when free will or choosing exist. Where choosing is mentioned, necessity does not exist. Thus, logical argumentation does not work there. Dialectical argumentation is a procedure and based on consensus. Claimants ...