Defining Rhetorical Argumentation
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Defining Rhetorical Argumentation. / Kock, Christian Erik J.
In: Philosophy and Rhetoric, Vol. 46, No. 4, 10.12.2013, p. 437-464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining Rhetorical Argumentation
AU - Kock, Christian Erik J
PY - 2013/12/10
Y1 - 2013/12/10
N2 - This article argues for a definition of rhetorical argumentation based on the theme of the argumentation, i.e., the issue in dispute - rather than its aim (e.g., to ‘win’) or its means (e.g., emotional appeals). The principal thinkers in the rhetorical tradition, from Aristotle onwards, saw rhetoric as practical reasoning, i.e., reasoning on proposals for action or choice, not on propositions that may be either true or false. Citing several contemporary philosophers, the article argues that such a definition acquits rhetorical argumentation of any culpable unconcern with truth and explains certain peculiar properties of it that tend to be under-theorized in argumentation theory.
AB - This article argues for a definition of rhetorical argumentation based on the theme of the argumentation, i.e., the issue in dispute - rather than its aim (e.g., to ‘win’) or its means (e.g., emotional appeals). The principal thinkers in the rhetorical tradition, from Aristotle onwards, saw rhetoric as practical reasoning, i.e., reasoning on proposals for action or choice, not on propositions that may be either true or false. Citing several contemporary philosophers, the article argues that such a definition acquits rhetorical argumentation of any culpable unconcern with truth and explains certain peculiar properties of it that tend to be under-theorized in argumentation theory.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - rhetoric
KW - truth
KW - practical
KW - deliberation
KW - argumentation
U2 - 10.5325/philrhet.46.4.0437
DO - 10.5325/philrhet.46.4.0437
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 437
EP - 464
JO - Philosophy and Rhetoric
JF - Philosophy and Rhetoric
SN - 0031-8213
IS - 4
ER -
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