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Part of the book series: Argumentation Library (ARGA, volume 5)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Greek Origins and Organizing Principles
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Roman Developments in Practice and Pedagogy
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An Appropriate Pedagogy for Antilogical Argument
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Back Matter
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About this book
Many 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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice and Pedagogy of Argument
Authors: Michael Mendelson
Series Title: Argumentation Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9890-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0402-5Published: 31 March 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5935-2Published: 06 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9890-3Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 1566-7650
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1907
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 300
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Education, Chemistry/Food Science, general