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Laufer – New Rhetoric’s Empire: Pragmatism, Dogmatism, and Sophism

Posted by justin on April 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Citation: Laufer, Romain. “New Rhetoric’s Empire : Pragmatism, Dogmatism, and Sophism.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 42.4 (2009): 326-48. Print. Abstract: The author discusses the concepts of pragmatism, dogmatism and sophism. He presents a comparison between the concepts of pragmatism and rationalism, and the relationship between pragmatism and sophism. He cites interpretation from various French sociologists which includes Emile Durkheim... Read More

Filed under CCR712 · Tagged with democracy, dewey, dogmatism, durkheim, mary douglas, platonic rhetoric, pragmatism, rationalism, rorty, sociology, sophistic rhetoric, tocqueville

Cain – Shame and Ambiguity in Plato’s Gorgias

Posted by justin on April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Citation: Cain, R. Bensen. “Shame and Ambiguity in Plato’s Gorgias.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 41.3 (2008): 212-37. Print. Abstract: The article looks at examples of ambiguity and shame evident in Plato’s “Gorgias,” a dialogue involving a man of the same name, Callicles, and Polus. Shame is differentiated into types; that which is naturally shameful and that which is shameful by way of convention. The author looks... Read More

Filed under CCR631 · Tagged with ambiguity, ancient greek rhetoric, callicles, equivocation, false binary, gorgianic rhetoric, parody, platonic rhetoric, polus, shame, socrates, sophistic rhetoric

Jenks – The Sounds of Silence: Rhetoric and Dialectic in the Refutation of Callicles in Plato’s Gorgias

Posted by justin on April 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Citation: Jenks, Rod. “The Sounds of Silence: Rhetoric and Dialectic in the Refutation of Callicles in Plato’s Gorgias.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 40.2 (2007): 201-15. Print. Abstract: The article discusses Socrates’ attempt to refute Callicles in Plato’s “Gorgias.” The author argues that Socrates’ representation of ethics and moral psychology, thought to be an inadequate refute to Callicles’... Read More

Filed under CCR631 · Tagged with ancient rhetoric, benthamite argument, callicles, compresent argument, elenchus, gorgias, hedonism, Meno, Phaedo, platonic rhetoric, socrates, socratic ethics, sophistic rhetoric

Chapter One from Conley – Rhetoric in the European Tradition

Posted by justin on January 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Chapter One from: Conley, Thomas. Rhetoric in the European Tradition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Conley begins by highlighting two important details from a scene in Homer’s Odyssey: 1) public discussion – with debate and consensus – was the traditional method for making decisions in ancient Greece; and 2) the ethos of the speaker is instrumental in the resolution of conflict/problems. Conley also highlights how language is... Read More

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Muckelbauer – The Future of Invention

Posted by justin on November 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Muckelbauer – The Future of Invention Chapter One – “The Problem of Change” Muckelbauer situates his book around one premise: the supposedly distinct scholarly approaches of humanism/postmodernism, foundationalism/anti-foundationalism, universalism/relativism have all hinge on a dialectical notion of change. This means that if change is dialectical, every “new” reading academics perform is merely a negation of an existing reading. .... Read More

Filed under CCR634 (AR), rhetorical invention · Tagged with affect, deleuze, dialectic, dialectical-rhetorical transcendance, gorgias, immanence, invention, muckelbauer, non-dialectical pedagogy, plato, sophistic rhetoric, subjectivity

New Music – 10/13/2011

Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal : Such amazingly wonderful, sweet, poppy goodness from this Reykjavik-based 6 piece. I especially appreciate the omnipresent accordion and loud shout-outs that occur throughout the album. I do wish the vocals were a bit more difficult to get at . . . but I suppose [...]

New Music – 9/14/2011

The Hylozoists – L’Île de Sept Villes: This 2009 effort from Toronto based instrumental collective is based on Paul Chaisson’s book The Island Of Seven Cities. After much archaeological research trouncing about in the wayfarlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chaisson argues that a Chinese presence existed in North America long before the arrival of European [...]

New Music – 8/24/2011

The Dead Trees – Whatwave : A lot of pretty nice songs for late Summer on this release. The West Coast by way of Boston quartet is signed to the German Affairs of the Heart label (who also publishes the work of one of my faves Nik Freitas). So many good LA-based bands working for [...]