Abstract

BLANCO ILARI, Juan Ignacio. The Rhetorical Dismantling of Philosophical Discourse. Eidos [online]. 2017, n.26, pp.15-42. ISSN 1692-8857.

Abstract In this paper I analyze some classical arguments used by rhetorical tradition to oppose philosophical discourse. To do this, I give a brief account of the characteristics defining the philosophical discourse of Platonic-Cartesian affiliation that are relevant for the dispute with Rhetoric. Then, on the one hand, I dwell upon the rehabilitation of doxa (common sense) as a vital element of practical discourse in order to countering the downgrading of doxa by the universalistic approach of philosophy. On the other hand, based on the notion of common sense, I analyze the idea of "audience", essential for Rhetoric, as well as the resulting plurality of spheres of validity. This horizontal plurality contrasts with the vertical monism of philosophical discourse. Finally, in the conclusion I point out one of the most urgent problems of this pluralistic movement that rhetoric has proposed.

Keywords : Rhetoric; critique; philosophy; common sense; plurality.

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