Abstract Argumentation is an important skill to learn. It is valuable not only in many
professional contexts, such as the law, science, politics, and business, but also in everyday …

Abstract Argumentation represents the study of views and opinions that humans express
with the goal of reaching a conclusion through logical reasoning. Since the 1950's, several …

In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative
approach to analysing political discourse. Political Discourse Analysis integrates analysis of …

Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse is dedicated to the memory of my former
student, co-author, and friend, Peter Houtlosser, who died on February 14, 2008. It is the …

Focussing on the phases of qualitative research which precede and follow fieldwork–design,
analysis, and textualization–this book offers new theoretical tools to tackle one of the most …

The prospect of “big data” at once evokes optimistic views of an information-rich future and
concerns about surveillance that adversely impacts our personal and private lives. This …

The artificial intelligence models with machine learning that exhibit the best predictive
accuracy, and therefore, the most powerful ones, are, paradoxically, those with the most …

Twenty-five years ago, my colleagues Miyuki Kamachi and Jiro Gyoba and I designed and
photographed JAFFE, a set of facial expression images intended for use in a study of face …

Greece has been in 'crisis' for six consecutive years now and during this time living
standards have dropped considerably for the majority of the population, strict austerity …

Many influential theories of organization rest on an analogical foundation: we think of the
organization as if it were a governance structure, a nexus of contracts, a social network, or …