Weiss Robert

Public Argument celebrates real argumentation for real people. Weiss guides the reader through the debate practice, providing instruction on how to participate in argumentation designed to facilitate reasoned deliberation by audiences in the public sphere. Contents: A Rationale for Public Argument; The "Public" in Public Argument; Formats for Public Debates; Audience Members as Participants; Topics in the Public Realm; Analysis of Propositions and Audiences; Premises in Public Debate; Testing the Premises; The Warranting Process; Continuity and Clash; Facilitating Communication; Evaluation and Decisions; Planning and Administration.

A compelling account of the personal experiences of those whose marriages have ended. Dr. Weiss brings a new understanding of the specific stresses and difficulties of the separated. He makes concrete, practical, and unmistakably humane suggestions designed to ease the transition and to aid in the reorganization of the life of the newly separated. The emotional and social challenges that one might expect to encounter are fully described and coupled with "strategies for recovery": how to tell one's children, relatives, and friends what to expect of (and ask) a lawyer and what to look for in forming new relationships.