Location
University of Windsor
Document Type
Paper
Keywords
argumentation schemes, character attacks, central-peripheral process, emotions, heuristics, emotive words, persuasion, rhetorical strategies
Start Date
22-5-2013 9:00 AM
End Date
25-5-2013 5:00 PM
Abstract
There are emotively powerful words that can modify our judgment, arouse our emotions and influence our decisions. This paper shows how the use of emotive meaning in argumentation can be explained by showing how their logical dimension, which can be analysed using argumentation schemes, combines with heuristic processes triggered by emotions. Arguing with emotive words is shown to use value-based practical reasoning grounded on hierarchies of values and maxims of experience for evaluative classification.
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Response to Submission
Manfred Kraus, Commentary on: Fabrizio Macagno's "What we hide in words: Value-based reasoning and emotive language"
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Manfred Kraus, Commentary on: Fabrizio Macagno's "What we hide in words: Value-based reasoning and emotive language" (May 2013)
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What we hide in words: Value-based reasoning and emotive language
University of Windsor
There are emotively powerful words that can modify our judgment, arouse our emotions and influence our decisions. This paper shows how the use of emotive meaning in argumentation can be explained by showing how their logical dimension, which can be analysed using argumentation schemes, combines with heuristic processes triggered by emotions. Arguing with emotive words is shown to use value-based practical reasoning grounded on hierarchies of values and maxims of experience for evaluative classification.
