I’ve been introducing readers of my Huffington Post column on how to use Aristotle’s syllogisms and Toulmin’s diagrams to analyze the arguments that can be extracted from negative TV ads.
Regular Critical Voter readers and listeners will be familiar with this material, since it’s repurposed from (and links to) work we looked at during the election campaign. But if you’re looking to revisit these tools, you can start with;
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And speaking of Toulmin, I’ve just picked up a copy of his 1990 book Cosmpolis, which was urged on me by a interesting fellow I via Critical Voter earlier this year. It promises to be an interesting read, so keep your eyes open for some thoughts on the subject after the holidays.
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