Rhetoric Review Apr 2004

Why Hermagoras Still Matters: The Fourth Stasis and Interdisciplinarity

Alan G. Gross Liberal Arts University

Abstract

This paper attempts to revive an ancient idea, Hermagoras's notion of the staseis, emphasizing especially his fourth stasis, that of jurisdiction, which, I contend, is crucial when it comes to answering a class of interesting questions that can be properly addressed only by first addressing the question of intellectual jurisdiction. This class concerns what Thomas Kuhn calls "paradigm change"; in all of these cases, I would contend, four disciplines-philosophy of science, history of science, psychology, and rhetoric-are necessary to any complete explanation.

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Rhetoric Review
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2004-04-01
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10.1207/s15327981rr2302_3
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