Fabio Paglieri (Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, ISTC-CNR, Rome), Laura Bonelli, Silvia Felletti
Arguments have often been a topic of interest in the psychology of communication, typically with an emphasis on their persuasive features - an emphasis largely shared by at least one of the classical disciplines in argumentation studies, namely, rhetoric. Nonetheless, contemporary argumentation theory has mostly steered clear of psychological contributions, with only few (albeit notable) exceptions. While there are both historical and theoretical reasons for this lack of interaction, many nowadays seem to think it is past time we bury the hatchet for good, and recent years have witnessed a...
Arguments have often been a topic of interest in the psychology of communication, typically with an emphasis on their persuasive features - an emphasi...