The Epistemology of Rhetoric: Plato, Doxa and Post-Truth
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In The Epistemology of Rhetoric: Plato, Doxa, and Post-Truth, Erik Bengtson sets out to formulate a contemporary epistemology of rhetoric considering the prevailing post-truth condition. In pursuit of this objective, Bengtson challenges dominant myths surrounding Plato's influence on rhetoric and examines the contemporary scholarly discourse on doxa, shedding light on its various facets. He also introduces the concepts of sedimentation and erosion as tools for comprehending the protracted nature of argumentation on foundational issues. This work not only advances our comprehension of rhetoric in the context of the post-truth era. It also invites readers to reconsider established perspectives, offering fresh insights into the dynamics of argumentation
over time.
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1. Engaging epistemic tensions
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2. The Gorgias
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3. The Phaedrus
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4. Reason or recollection Connecting with the doxa-epistēmē relation in the Theaetetus and Meno
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5. Ontology and politics On the dynameis of doxa and epistēmē in the Republic, book V.
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6. Cracks and possibilities in the contemporary rendering of an epistemic tension in Plato's writings on rhetoric
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7. Aristotle as a way out?
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8. Re-inventing doxa for rhetoric
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9. A structuralist or poststructuralist account of doxa
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10. Doxa and rhetorical ontology
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11. Doxa and the pragmatic study of argumentation in discourse
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12. Doxa and rhetorical-philosophical anthropology
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13. Concluding remarks on re-inventing doxa
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14. Epistemology: Reconsidering rhetorical theory
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15. Epistemology: Reconsidering rhetorical argumentation
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