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Dialogical Rhetoric

An Essay on Truth and Normativity After Postmodernism

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Authors:
  1. Wouter H. Slob

    1. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Argumentation Library (ARGA, volume 7)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 1-4

  3. Truth; What is the Problem?

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 5-32

  4. A Short History of Truth and Related Matters

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 33-65

  5. From Dialogue to Rhetoric

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 67-99

  6. What is Wrong with Fallacies?

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 101-134

  7. Holistic Incommensurability

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 135-168

  8. Conclusion

    • Wouter H. Slob
    Pages 169-179

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 181-224
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About this book

Contemporary developments in philosophy have declared truth as such troublesome, and not merely gaining access to it. In a systematic survey this study investigates what is at stake when truth is given up. A historical overview shows how the current problem of truth came about, and suggests ways to overcome rather than to repair the problem.
A key issue resulting from the loss of truth is the lack of normativity. Truth provided an alternative understanding of normativity. Elaborating on the `dialectical shift' in logic, a dialogico-rhetorical understanding of normativity is presented. Rather than requiring truth, agreement, or rationality, dialogico-rhetorical normativity is the result of a balance of particular standards. This type of normativity is shaped within discussions - by advancing and accepting arguments - and is not located in sets of predetermined rules. The result is a `small' but strong form of normativity.
If this understanding of normativity is viable, one of the central problems of contemporary philosophy, the problem of incommensurability, can be seen in a different light. As a result, truth reappears again. Surviving the postmodern criticisms, it is a matter of accountability rather than of description.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

    Wouter H. Slob

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dialogical Rhetoric

  • Book Subtitle: An Essay on Truth and Normativity After Postmodernism

  • Authors: Wouter H. Slob

  • Series Title: Argumentation Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0476-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0908-2Due: 31 October 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0909-9Published: 31 October 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0476-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1566-7650

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1907

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 224

  • Topics: Logic, Epistemology, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy

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