Narration as Argument

1. Introduction: Narratives, Narrating, Narrators
Paula Olmos

Part I. Narratives as Sources of Knowledge and Argument

2. Narratives and the Concept of Argument
Christopher Tindale

3. Arguing with Stories
Floris Bex, Trevor Bench-Capon

4. Narrative Fiction as a Source of Knowledge
Mitchell Green

5. Analogy, Supposition, and Transcendentality in Narrative Argument
Gilbert Plumer

6. Parables: Crossroads Between the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor and Argumentation Theory
Eduardo Bustos

Part II. Argumentative Narratives in Context

7. Narratives and Pragmatic Arguments: Ivens’ The 400 Million

Paul Hoven

8. The Sample Convention, or, When Fictionalized Narratives Can Double as Historical Testimony
Leona Toker

9. From Narrative Arguments to Arguments That Narrate
Adrien Frenay, Marion Carel

10. Narrative as Argument in Atul Gawande’s “On Washing Hands” and “Letting Go”
James Phelan

11. On Thought Experiments and Other Narratives in Scientific Argument
Paula Olmos

12. How to Win Wars: The Role of the War Narrative
Tone Kvernbekk, Ola Bøe-Hansen

Avainsanat: Philosophy, Logic, Discourse Analysis, Literary Theory, Epistemology, Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language