APPLICATION OF ARGUMENTATION IN PROCESSES DECISION MAKING

Making a decision is the most important cognitive procedure that accompanies every human life and plays significant role in history of culture as whole. The entire mankind can, certain sense, be considered making decisions — right or wrong, rational purely intuitive lead to preservation existing state affairs its change. However, theory decision-making arose began developed only middle 20th century, at first operations field military technology. True, it was soon realized has much wider application. So present turned into an interdisciplinary one uses methods mathematics, psychology, sociology, political science, management many other sciences, applied various fields. Philosophical research aimed elucidating epistemological logical foundations also being conducted this field. article emphasizes based on choice not intuition previous experience, but analysis situation. Models argumentation are considered. essence logical, cognitive, rhetorical approaches clarified. stages process explained. Conclusions. difference between basis action/inaction given situation, whereas limited substantiating thesis/refutation antithesis.