dialectic and rhetoric
Aristotle says that rhetoric, i.e., the study of persuasive speech, is a “counterpart” (antistrophos) of dialectic and that the rhetorical art is a kind of “outgrowth” (paraphues ti) of dialectic […]
Aristotle says that rhetoric, i.e., the study of persuasive speech, is a “counterpart” (antistrophos) of dialectic and that the rhetorical art is a kind of “outgrowth” (paraphues ti) of dialectic […]
An art of dialectic will be useful wherever dialectical argument is useful. Aristotle mentions three such uses; each merits some comment. 1. Gymnastic Dialectic First, there appears to have been […]
Given the above picture of dialectical argument, the dialectical art will consist of two elements. – One will be a method for discovering premises from which a given conclusion follows, […]
Aristotle often contrasts dialectical arguments with demonstrations. The difference, he tells us, is in the character of their premises, not in their logical structure: – whether an argument is a […]