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The art of dialectic between dialogue and rhetoric : the Aristotelian tradition /

This book reconstructs the tradition of dialectic from Aristotle's Topics, its founding text, up to its "renaissance" in 16th century Italy, and focuses on the role of dialectic in the production of knowledge. Aristotle defines dialectic as a structured exchange of questions and answe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spranzi, Marta
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Series:Controversies ; v. 9.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Art of Dialectic between Dialogue and Rhetoric; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction: Dialectic and the notion of tradition; 1. Aristotle and the art of dialectic; 2. Dialectic in the Latin world: Cicero, Boethius and the scholastics; 3. The revival of dialectic in the Renaissance: An introduction; 4. The new humanist dialectic and rhetoric; 5. The Topics and Renaissance Aristotelianism; 6. Dialectic and dialogue; 7. Rhetoric and dialectic; Conclusion: The epistemological value of Aristotelian dialectic; Notes; References; Name index.