Monthly Archives: August 2012

Texting with Plato

Posted on August 28, 2012 by dustinwedwards

I’m glad I read Aristotle before trying to cobble together a semi coherent response to Plato. What follows is still rough, but I feel like I got a little more from Plato by reading Aristotle. As discussed by Bizzell and … Continue reading →

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The Endurance of Aristotle

Posted on August 28, 2012 by dustinwedwards

Aristotle seems to be in the business of classification, of theorizing. In reading Aristotle, I thought, this guy likes things to be neat and orderly. Hence, he provides his students detailed examples of his classifications (i.e. listing of possible positive … Continue reading →

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Defining rhetoric and its relationship to knowledge, audience

Posted on August 23, 2012 by dustinwedwards

Rhetoric is a primarily verbal, situationally contingent, epistemic art that is both philosophical and practical and gives rise to potentially active texts (Covinio and Jolliffe, p. 5)   By and large, I find Covino and Joliffe’s definition accessible. I feel … Continue reading →

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The Rhetorical Tradition: Initial Thoughts/Questions

Posted on August 23, 2012 by dustinwedwards

The Rhetorical Tradition (2nd ed), edited by Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg  What struck me most about the introduction to this anthology was how much the practice, study, and definition of rhetoric have changed throughout the years. In many ways, … Continue reading →

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