Areas of Teaching Expertise
Contemporary Theories of Reasoning, Rhetoric and Argumentation
Courses covering modern classics (New Rhetoric, Perelman/Olbrechts-Tyteca, Toulmin) and contemporary developments (Pragma-dialectics, Formal Dialectics, Informal Logics, Fallacy Theory, Persuasion)
Classes taught:
George Campbell: The Philosophy of Rhetoric
- University of Tübingen
Einführung in die pragma-dialektische Argumentationstheorie
[Introduction to Pragma-dialectics] - University of Tübingen
Rhetorical Training, Argumentation and Debate
Courses covering the theory and practice of applied rhetoric including Argumentation and Critical Questions, Public Speaking, Debate and other formats of competitive rhetorical and dialectical training
Classes taught:
Social Movements Communication
- Northeastern University
Kunstvoll Streiten: Disputation
[Dialectical Skills Training: Modern Disputation] - University of Tübingen
Systematik der rhetorischen Übungslehre
[Systematics of Rhetorical Training] - University of Tübingen
Probleme der Gesprächstrainerausbildung
[Challenges in the Education of Dialogue Trainers] - University of Tübingen
Probleme der Rhetoriktrainerausbildung
[Challenges in the Education of Speech Trainers] - University of Tübingen
Rhetorik und Debatte
[Rhetoric and Debate] - Furtwangen University
Rhetorik, Argumentation und Debatte
[Rhetoric, Argumentation and Debate] - University of Halle
Agonale Rhetorik
[Competitive Rhetoric] - Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Classical Rhetoric and History of Rhetoric
Courses covering the classical rhetorical theory and practice in the Greek (Plato, Aristotle, Sophists, Hermagoras) and Roman (Cicero, Auctor ad Herennium, Quintilian) period as well as medieval and early modern (Campbell, Whately, Ortloff, Peirce) theorists and developments
Classes taught:
Aristoteles: Topik
[Aristotle: Topics] - University of Tübingen
Die antike Statuslehre als Schule der Argumentation
[Classical Stasis Theory as Technique for Argumentative Education] - University of Tübingen