This course provides an intensive study of three models of argumentation: classical argument and logic; Toulmin argumentation (a contemporary rethinking of classical argument), and Rogerian argumentation (aimed at building and maintaining community in the course of argumentative deliberation, rather than the adversarial dynamic of the other two models). Students explore each of these models in their own writing (a shorter paper with required revision for each model), and they write a longer researched argumentative essay employing whatever models they believe appropriate to their intended audiences. There are other short, informal, ungraded writing assignments as well. The course includes whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one workshopping of drafts. We shall also devote some attention to the ethics of public deliberation. GE: Humanities - Philosophical Inquiry, Oral and Written Communication
- Teacher: Jason Miller