Philosophy & Rhetoric Jun 2024

Logos in the Flux of Life

Christopher W. Tindale University of Windsor

Abstract

ABSTRACT Since at least the work of Plato, the Western philosophical tradition has observed an ambition to detect fixed truths in the swirling movements of discourse. Related to this is the tension at the heart of our understandings of “argument,” a tension between a set of fixed propositions abstracted from the dynamic of human exchanges, and those exchanges themselves, alive with the uncertainties of experience. This article explores this tension with a view to recovering a sense of “argument” that stays true to the ways in which it is lived in everyday situations.

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Philosophy & Rhetoric
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2024-06-28
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10.5325/philrhet.57.1.0103
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