Practical Reasoning in Human Affairs

1. Social Application

   1. Perelman on Justice and Political Institutions Introduction

      • Algis Mickunas

      Pages 321-339

   2. Social Ontology and Responsive Law

      • John W. Murphy

      Pages 341-355

   3. The Teflon President: The Relevance of Chaim Perelman’s Formulations for the Study of Political Communication

      • Dan Nimmo, Michael W. Mansfield

      Pages 357-377

   4. The Concrete-Universal: A Social Science Foundation for the New Rhetoric

      • Joseph J. Pilotta

      Pages 379-392

2. Back Matter

   Pages 393-404

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This anthology of original essays has been nearly .two and one-half years in the making, and reflects the generous effort of many persons. To begin with, we thank the contributors to the volume, who not only cooperated with regards to their own works, but who also provided valuable advice concerning the over-all volume. One of the contributors was outstanding in his assistance and warrants special mention: we thank Professor Michel Meyer, for his encouragement, counsel, and dedication to see this project to comple­ tion. We would also like to thank Professor Jaakko Hintikka for his encouragement and Mrs. Kuipers of Reidel for her patience and under­ standing along the way. A project such as this could never have been completed without the unique assistance of members of the Department of Communication, Ohio State University: Ms. Kimberly Pasi and Mr. Charles Mawhirtcr. Also, special thanks are due to our graduate research assistant Ms. Susan Jasko, for her proofreading and bibliographic work. The pressures of developing a Festschrift are considerable and could not have been met without the cooperation and enthusiasm of Mrs. Perelman, especially in allowing us to publish Professor Perelman's address to Ohio State University as our introduction.

• Evolution
• Institution
• communication
• philosophy
• theory of argumentation

• Department of Communication, The Ohio State University, USA

  James L. Golden, Joseph J. Pilotta

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