Location
Room 3
Document Type
Commentary
Keywords
argument, style, normative pragmatics
Start Date
5-6-2020 9:01 AM
End Date
5-6-2020 10:00 AM
Abstract
In this cogent paper, Wang urges argumentation theorists to pay attention to the myriad things that are happening whenever someone makes an argument. To do this he updates and extends the classical rhetorical cannon of style. He documents the importance of argumentative style through a case study of deep disagreement, showing how one arguer’s choices served to reconstruct an otherwise abusive situation. I urge him to continue the project by providing an equally cogent account of explaining why an arguer’s stylistic choices lead to the desired audience’s response.
Response to Submission
Jianfeng Wang, Deep Disagreement, Deep Rhetoric, and Cultural Diversity
Included in
Commentary on: Jianfeng Wang’s “Deep disagreement, deep rhetoric, and cultural diversity"
Room 3
In this cogent paper, Wang urges argumentation theorists to pay attention to the myriad things that are happening whenever someone makes an argument. To do this he updates and extends the classical rhetorical cannon of style. He documents the importance of argumentative style through a case study of deep disagreement, showing how one arguer’s choices served to reconstruct an otherwise abusive situation. I urge him to continue the project by providing an equally cogent account of explaining why an arguer’s stylistic choices lead to the desired audience’s response.
