ABSTRACT: Aristotle’s Rhetoric presents a number of internal inconsistencies, many of which stem from its nature as a compilation of lecture notes developed over several decades. As a result, the ...

ABSTRACT: Aristotle’s Rhetoric presents a number of internal inconsistencies, many of which stem from its nature as a compilation of lecture notes developed over several decades. As a result, the ...

The enthymeme, a powerful rhetorical tool, leverages the art of implicit reasoning to persuade audiences. Rooted in ancient Greek rhetoric, it presents an incomplete argument, inviting listeners or ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information JAC publishes four book-length issues a year, featuring articles, interviews, essays, review essays, and book reviews. The journal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information PS: Political Science and Politics is the Association's quarterly journal of the profession. The journal provides coverage of the ...

In the days and weeks following the brutal October 7, 2023, assault by Hamas on Israel, a disturbing narrative began to emerge among certain segments of Western audiences. Instead of recognising the ...

Abstract: This paper is a first attempt to define a protocol able to handle enthymemes in a persuasion dialog. An enthymeme is an incomplete argument that uses implicit information either in the ...

The present contribution exemplifies current models for argument reconstruction on an environmental protection print-ad, identifying deficits in the way the models account for multimodal argumentation ...

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An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

My father loved parables — stories that taught, stories that presented ideas and morals in ways that made pictures in people's minds. … Because he believed stories were so important as teaching tools.