Abstract

CARBONELL, Claudia. ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC AS AN ENHANCEMENT OF PRACTICAL REASONING. Eidos [online]. 2023, n.39, pp.12-37.  Epub Apr 19, 2023. ISSN 1692-8857.

Aristotle's account of rhetoric goes beyond its previous consideration as an art of persuasion to be regarded as a suitable logic for human affairs. In the realm of ethics and politics, he needs to appeal to a logic that can deal with contingency without discarding the concept of truth. I claim that the double rapport of rhetoric with dialectic and ethical-political issues links public discourse with the question of rationality and practical truth. I will start with a brief overview of two passages of the Rhetoric that account for the liaison of rhetoric with dialectic. Secondly, I consider two contributions that rhetoric theory makes to the enhancement of the rationality of ethics. Lastly, I will reflect on the relationship of rhetorical discourse with practical truth.

Keywords : Rhetoric; dialectic; practical reasoning; truth; verisimilitude; contingency.

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