Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice and Pedagogy of ArgumentMany Sides is the first full-length study of Protagorean antilogic, an argumentative practice with deep roots in rhetorical history and renewed relevance for contemporary culture. Founded on the philosophical relativism of Protagoras, antilogic is a dynamic rather than a formal approach to argument, focused principally on the dialogical interaction of opposing positions (anti-logoi) in controversy. In ancient Athens, antilogic was the cardinal feature of Sophistic rhetoric. In Rome, Cicero redefined Sophistic argument in a concrete set of dialogical procedures. In turn, Quintilian inherited this dialogical tradition and made it the centrepiece of his own rhetorical practice and pedagogy. Many Sides explores the history, theory, and pedagogy of this neglected rhetorical tradition and, by appeal to recent rhetorical and philosophical theory, reconceives the enduring features of antilogical practice in a dialogical approach to argumentation especially suited to the pluralism of our own age and the diversity of modern classrooms. |
Contents
Protagoras and the Philosophic Origins of Antilogic | 1 |
1 The Protagorean fragments and the theory of perspectivism | 3 |
2 The case against the humanmeasure doctrine | 12 |
3 Protagorean relativism and the humanmeasure doctrine | 23 |
4 Some implications of protagorean philosophy for rhetoric | 34 |
Protagorean Practice and the Nature of Antilogic | 43 |
1 Antilogic translated and defined | 47 |
2 Antilogic eristic and dialectic | 58 |
2 The drama of Book I | 144 |
3 Controversia and the single speaker in Book III | 162 |
4 The question of Ciceros pedagogy | 166 |
Quintilian and the Pedagogy of Controversia | 173 |
1 An historical prelude | 178 |
2 Quintilians use of controversial method | 181 |
3 Quintilians pedagogy of rhetoric and argument | 187 |
4 Quintilian and pedagogical transformation | 206 |
3 Antilogic in its original context | 65 |
Pragmatism Ethics and the Function of Antilogic | 73 |
1 The pragmatic dimensions of antilogic | 74 |
2 The ethical dimensions of antilogic | 86 |
The Rhetorical Form of Antilogic | 101 |
1 Early forms of antilogical techne | 103 |
2 The principles of antilogic as praxis | 112 |
Roman Developments in Practice and Pedagogy | 133 |
De Oratore and the Development of Controversia | 135 |
1 From antilogic to controversia | 138 |
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Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice and Pedagogy of ... M. Mendelson No preview available - 2010 |
Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice and Pedagogy of ... Michael Mendelson No preview available - 2014 |