Rhetoricity of Philosophy - Audience in Perelman and Ricoeur After the Badiou-Cassin Debate

This book aims to recast the way that philosophers understand rhetoric. Rather than follow most philosophers in conceiving rhetoric as a specific way of speaking or writing, it shows that rhetoric is better understood as a dimension of all human discourse and action-what the author calls "rhetoricity".

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Enemy of My Enemy: Philosophy, Sophistics, and Rhetoric in the Badiou-Cassin Debate 2. The Audience in Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca's New Rhetoric 3. Rhetoric on Trial (I): Badiou v. Perelman 4. Rhetoric on Trial (II): Cassin v. Perelman 5. Extending the Audience: Ricoeur's Missed Encounter with Perelman 6. Ricoeur and the Rhetoricity of Philosophy Conclusion: Is Rhetoric a Dead End for Philosophy?

About the author

Blake D. Scott is Postdoctoral Research Associate at KU Leuven's Institute of Philosophy. His articles have appeared in journals including Philosophy & Rhetoric, Informal Logic, Argumentation, Études Ricoeuriennes/ Ricoeur Studies, Analecta Hermeneutica, and Sartre Studies International.

Summary

This book aims to recast the way that philosophers understand rhetoric. Rather than follow most philosophers in conceiving rhetoric as a specific way of speaking or writing, it shows that rhetoric is better understood as a dimension of all human discourse and action—what the author calls “rhetoricity”.

Product details

• Authors: Blake D. Scott, Blake D. (Ku Leuven Scott
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032684871
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3268487-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Philosophy of Language, Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Political science & theory, Communication Studies, Political science and theory