The Oldest Extant Rhetorical Contribution to the Study of Fallacies (Cicero On invention, 1.78?96, and Rhetoric to Herennius, 2.31?46: Reducible to Hermagoras?)

Auteur: Braet, A.
Titre: The Oldest Extant Rhetorical Contribution to the Study of Fallacies (Cicero On invention, 1.78?96, and Rhetoric to Herennius, 2.31?46: Reducible to Hermagoras?)
Revue/Collection: "Philosophy and Rhetoric ", Volume 40, Number 4
Annèe edition: 2007
Pages: 416-433
Mots-clès: Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: [Abstract] The revival of the study of fallacies since Hamblin's modern classic Fallacies (1970) has signified a renewed interest in the history of this field. If we consider Aristotle the founding father, then three classical disciplines may be said to represent the origin of the study of fallacies: logic, dialectic, and rhetoric. Aristotle included in his logical, dialectical, and rhetorical writings a version of his list of fallacies: Prior Analytics 2, 16-21, Sophistical Refutations, and Rhetoric 2.24. With respect to the three classical disciplines, modern fallacy theorists display a greater interest in logic and dialectic. This holds true for both historical research and modern theoretical development, which is clearly more logically and/or dialectically oriented (for example, Hamblin himself, Woods and Walton, and Van Eemeren and Grootendorst: overview in Van Eemeren 2001). This predilection for logic and dialectic is understandable,...
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Sigle auteur: Braet, 2007