Human Communication as Narration Toward a Philosophy of Reason, Value, and Action / by Walter R. Fisher

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Walter R., author.

Series:

Studies in Rhetoric and Communication.

Studies in rhetoric/communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric.

Reasoning.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Logic.

Communication--Philosophy.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

[Reprint]

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2021.

Summary:

"This book addresses questions that have concerned rhetoricians, literary theorists, and philosophers since the time of the pre-Socratics and the Sophists: How do people come to believe and to act on the basis of communicative experiences? What is the nature of reason and rationality in these experiences? What is the role of values in human decision making and action? How can reason and values be assessed? In answering these questions, Professor Fisher proposes a reconceptualization of humankind as homo narrans, that all forms of human communication need to be seen as stories--symbolic interpretations of aspects of the world occurring in time and shaped by history, culture, and character; that individuated forms of discourse should be considered "good reasons"--values or value-laden warrants for believing or acting in certain ways; and that a narrative logic that all humans have natural capacities to employ ought to be conceived of as the logic by which human communication is assessed."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Historical Exigence

1. In the Beginning

2. The Connection with Logic

Part II The Narrative Paradigm and Related Theories

3. Narration as a Paradigm of Human Communication

4. An Elaboration

Part III Narrative Rationality, Good Reasons, and Audiences

5. Assessing Narrative Fidelity: The Logic of Good Reasons

6. Narrative Rationality and Qualities of Audiences

Part IV Applications

7. Narrativity and Politics: The Case of Ronald Reagan

8. Argument in Drama and Literature

9. Choosing between Socrates and Callicles: An Assessment of Philosophical Discourse

10. In Retrospect.

Notes:

"Ebook edition published in Columbia, South Carolina,by the University of South Carolina Press, 2021"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780872496248

0872496244

9781643362427

1643362429

OCLC:

1255224936