Georg W. Bertram
19Rhetorik und Argumentation in der Philosophie
Abstract: From Plato over Kant up to the logical empiricists, philosophy stands in a critical relation to rhetoric, allegedly not oriented towards truth but rather towards persuasion. In contrast to this understanding of rhetoric, these philosophers try to establish context-independent criteria for logical argumentation. The article first presents that criticism on rhetoric and language by those philosophers, who see philosophy limited to arguments and the establishment of criteria for their justification, is especially directed against approaches that define philosophy as an open process of self-understanding, contextually and formally, including classical arguments as well as ...
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