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The anthropology of argument : cultural foundations of rhetoric and reason / Christopher W. Tindale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tindale, Christopher W. (Christopher William), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Debates and debating--Cross-cultural studies.
- Debates and debating.
- Debates and debating--Philosophy.
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- Reasoning.
- Discourse analysis.
- Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Early Encounters and the Blending of Argumentative Cultures p. 18
- Introduction: Situations and Their Borders p. 18
- Comparative Rhetorics p. 22
- Rhetorology p. 24
- The Argumentative Situation and the Places of Encounter p. 26
- Encounter Rhetorics and the Role of the Theoroi p. 28
- Conclusion: Emerging Rhetorics p. 32
- 2 Beneath the Text; Argumentation and the Pretexts of Orality p. 38
- An Oral State of Mind p. 38
- The Prejudices of the Literate Society p. 40
- Pre-Literate Repositories of Meaning p. 50
- Orality and Argument p. 54
- 3 Intercultural Reason and the Preliminary Conditions of Argumentation p. 62
- The Borders of Understanding p. 62
- Dialogues of the Deaf p. 64
- Encounter Rhetorics p. 67
- Preliminary Conditions of Argumentation p. 70
- Situated Reason p. 75
- 4 The Places of Argument p. 80
- Attending to Place p. 82
- The Local p. 84
- Thick Descriptions and Place-Based Reasoning p. 86
- The Venatic Method and the Argument From Sign p. 88
- Argumentation in the Age of the Anthropocene p. 92
- A Closing Objection p. 94
- 5 Myth and Argument p. 99
- Narrative and Myth p. 99
- The Power of Myth p. 101
- Myths and Communicability p. 104
- Narrative and Audience p. 108
- Objections and Conclusions p. 109
- 6 Reasons in a Narrative Form p. 115
- Introduction: Capturing Oral Culture p. 115
- Narratives and Arguments p. 118
- Narratives and Images p. 121
- More Artful Methods p. 125
- Dennett's Memes p. 130
- 7 Reasons and the Power of Oral Tradition p. 135
- Local Knowledge and the Traditions of Argumentation p. 135
- Narrative Argument and the Power of Oral Traditions p. 137
- Common Sense; Common Knowledge p. 142
- Evidence and the Range of Reasons p. 144
- Oral Versus Written Testimony p. 147
- Productive Encounters p. 152
- 8 Deep Diversity and Deep Disagreement p. 158
- Believing Is Seeing p. 158
- Recognizing Reasons p. 159
- Counter-Considerations p. 161
- Leveraging the Roots of Disagreement p. 163
- Can We Talk? p. 165
- Forms of Life and Deep Diversity p. 167.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781000335194
- 1000335194
- 9781000335156
- 1000335151
- 9781000335170
- 1000335178
- 9781003107637
- 100310763X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030309641
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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