Abstract

PLANTIN, Christian. Language, argumentation and learning in the school. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2014, n.36, pp.95-114. ISSN 0121-3814.

This writing originates from the organization of a conference addressed to the VI International Congress on science teachers' education, held in Bogota, from 8 to 10 October 2014. Dr. Plantin was one of the invited speakers, who presents in this article relevant aspects related to the argumentation, its origins from rhetoric, the role of language in argumentation, the argumentation as a word and as a concept; its perspectives within different languages, and the uses of argumentation based on Toulmin model of argument, which reminds us that arguments are generally expressed with qualifiers and rebuttals rather than asserted as absolutes. This paper presents alternative perspectives on the argumentation, such as the argumentative rhetoric, dialectics, the practice of the rebuttal and critical thinking, in relation to the dialectic and the classical logic, argumentation theory in language and scientific argumentation and implications for science education.

Keywords : Argument; argumentation; rhetoric; critical thinking; demonstration.

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