caa a22 4500 463183096 CHVBK 20180406164844.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10503-007-9052-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10503-007-9052-0 Krabbe Erik Department of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 52, 9712 GL Groningen, The Netherlands aut On How to Get Beyond the Opening Stage [Elektronische Daten] [Erik Krabbe] Any well-structured argumentative exchange must be preceded by some preparatory stages. In the pragma-dialectical four-stage model of critical discussion, the clarification of issues and positions is relegated to the confrontation stage and the other preparatory matters are dealt within the opening stage. In the opening stage, the parties involved come to agree to discuss their differences and to do so by an argumentative exchange rather than by, say, a sequence of bids and offers. They should also come to agree on the rules of dialogue, on roles, on logical principles, on types of argument, and on the propositions that can be used as basic premises. All in all, a lot of work needs to be done before the first topical argument can be put forward. Especially the opening stage seems prone to further disagreements and protracted discussions, e.g., about the admissibility of particular kinds of argument or particular basic premises. There is also the problem that a successful opening stage threatens to settle matters beforehand and thus put the argumentation stage out of business. The paper suggests some measures that could alleviate the workload of the opening stage, without making the argumentation stage otiose. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 completion problem nationallicence critical discussion nationallicence fixity problem nationallicence metadialogue nationallicence opening stage nationallicence pragma-dialectics nationallicence Argumentation Springer Netherlands 21/3(2007-09-01), 233-242 0920-427X 21:3<233 2007 21 10503 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-007-9052-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-007-9052-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Krabbe Erik Department of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 52, 9712 GL Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Argumentation Springer Netherlands 21/3(2007-09-01), 233-242 0920-427X 21:3<233 2007 21 10503 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer