⬅️ Back to 60.10 Argumentation · Sister MOCs: Debate Playbook (MOC) · Argument Anatomy (MOC) · Fallacies & Bad Faith (MOC) · Rhetoric & Persuasion (MOC) · Psychology of Belief (MOC)
Every book note, PDF, and course in the folder, grouped by what it’s actually good for. Ask the whole corpus at once: NotebookLM — Argumentation & Logic.
The Two Workhorses
The books the Debate Playbook (MOC) is built on.
The practical debate manual. Part One: audience, pathos, receipts, ad hominem done right, listening, humor. Part Two: rule of three, judo moves, zingers, booby traps, the Gish gallop. Part Three: confidence, nerves, practice, homework. Part Four: the grand finale.
Jump in → Part One · Part Two · Part Three · Part Four
The academic backbone (Zarefsky). Argumentation as reasoning under uncertainty — controversy, stasis, burden of proof, evidence, schemes, fallacies, case construction, attack and defense, style, spheres of argument.
Jump in → Controversy · Evidence · Schemes · Case Construction · Attack & Defense
Structure & Logic
- A Rulebook for Arguments (Weston) — the short rulebook; premises, conclusions, and the common errors
- A Rulebook for Arguments (Fifth Edition) — Anthony Weston.pdf (file not included in this release)
- A Concise Introduction to Logic — Patrick J. Hurley.pdf (file not included in this release) — the standard logic textbook
- Reason and Argument - Richard Feldman.pdf (file not included in this release)
- A Systematic Theory of Argumentation- The pragma-dialectical — Frans H_ van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst — 2003.pdf (file not included in this release) — pragma-dialectics; where the mixed/unmixed dispute distinction comes from
- Feeds → Argument Anatomy (MOC)
Fallacies & Deception
- How to Win Every Argument - Madsen Pirie — fallacies as offensive weapons, alphabetically
- How to Win Every Argument - Madsen Pirie.pdf (file not included in this release)
- The Art of Deception (Capaldi) — the source of much of Presenting Your Case, Attacking An Argument, and Defending Your Case
- The Art of Deception - Nicholas Capaldi.pdf (file not included in this release)
- Logically Fallacious- The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 — Bennett, Bo.pdf (file not included in this release) — the reference dictionary
- Feeds → Fallacies & Bad Faith (MOC)
Rhetoric, Delivery & Composure
- Verbal Judo (Thompson) — staying in control when the other side isn’t arguing in good faith
- Good Arguments (Bo Seo) — debate as a civic and personal discipline; the side-switch technique
- Tactics - Gregory Koukl — the “Columbo” questioning method (from 60.11 Religion, applies everywhere)
- Rhetoric — the wider reading list: Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Heinrichs, Leith, Farnsworth
- Feeds → Rhetoric & Persuasion (MOC)
Courses & Long-Form Notes
- Debate University Course — the full course notes, opening statement through aftermath
- 60 Knowledge/60.10 Argumentation/Rhetoric > 🎥 **Courses and Video Content** — free and structured video learning
- 60 Knowledge/60.10 Argumentation/Rhetoric > 👤 **Great Orators & Analysts to Watch** · 60 Knowledge/60.10 Argumentation/Rhetoric > 🛠️ **Practical Skills and Drills**
- Critical Thinking — Paul-Elder, the RED model, the critical reading checklist
- Skepticism 101 — cross-folder
Loose Reference
- Argumentation Scheme — the Argumentation Schemes (Walton) slide set and PDF
- List of fallacies — Wikipedia
- An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
- Glossary of policy debate terms — Wikipedia
- Argumentation.base (file not included in this release) — database view of every note in the folder
Base index
Argumentation.base (file not included in this release)