A growing body of argumentation literature recognizes “visual” arguments—arguments conveyed with visual images—as an important ingredient of public discourse and debate. A number of authors (among them Birdsell & Groarke, 1996, 2006; Blair, 2003; Groarke, 1996, 2002; Shelley, 1996, 2003) have shown how such arguments can be understood in terms of the theories of argument manifest in pragmadialectics, informal logic, and contemporary and traditional rhetoric. The present article considers such arguments from the point of view of the data-warrant account of argument that Toulmin famously develops in Chapter III of The Uses of Argument (Toulmin, 2003).1
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Birdsell, D., & Groarke, L. (1996). Toward a theory of visual argument. Argumentation and Advocacy, 33(1), 1–10.
Birdsell, D., & Groarke L. (2008) Outlines of a theory of visual argument. Argumentation and Advocacy, 43(3/4), 103–113.
Blair, J. A. (1996). The possibility and actuality of visual arguments. Argumentation and Advocacy, 33(1), 23–39.
Blair, J. A. (2003). The rhetoric of visual arguments. In C. A. Hill & M. Helmers (Eds.), Defining Visual Rhetorics (pp. 41–61). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gilbert, M. (1997). Coalescent Argument. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrende Erlbaum Associates.
Groarke, L. (1996). Logic, art and argument. Informal Logic, 18(2/3), 116–131.
Groarke, L. (2002). The pragma-dialectics of visual argument. In F. H. van Eemeren (Ed.), Advances in Pragma-Dialectics (pp. 137–151). Amsterdam: Sic Sat.
Groarke, L., & Tindale, C. (2004, 2008). Good Reasoning Matters! (3rd ed., 4th ed.). Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Lunsford, A. A., Ruszkiewicz, J. J., & Walters, K. (2005). Everything’s an Argument (3rd ed.). New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Shelley, C. (1996). Rhetorical and demonstrative modes of visual argument: Looking at images of human evolution. Argumentation and Advocacy, 33(2), 53–68.
Shelley, C. (2003). Aspects of visual argument: A study of the “March of Progress”, Informal Logic, 21(2), 92–112.
Toulmin, S. E. (2003). The Uses of Argument (Updated ed.). Cambdrige: Cambridge University Press.
van Eemeren, F. H., & Grootendorst, R. (1992). Argumentation, Communication and Fallacies. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Groarke, L. (2009). Five Theses on Toulmin and Visual Argument. In: van Eemeren, F.H., Garssen, B. (eds) Pondering on Problems of Argumentation. Argumentation Library, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9165-0_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9165-0_16
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-9164-3
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-9165-0
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawSocial Sciences (R0)