Coalescent argumentation in conflict

The ability to manage difficult, conflictual situations is a challenging skill that one learns best through personal mistakes. The cumulative experience gained from conflicts that have been resolved successfully for both parties helps shape a positive attitude towards conflicts as situations that can always be resolved. The greater the experience in positively resolving conflicts, the more open the participants are to confrontation, explaining their own point of view, and being willing to listen to the other side. The aim of this article is to systematize knowledge about coalescent argumentation, which is the art of reconciling differences—opposing arguments—in such a way as to highlight commonalities between the parties, leading them to a mutual agreement. The article emphasizes the important role that coalescent argumentation can play in conflict resolution.