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The New Rhetoric : a Treatise on Argumentation by Chaim Perelman, Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca, John Wilkinson, Purcell Weaver, L.Olbrechts- Tyteca is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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The New Rhetoric is founded on the idea that since “argumentation aims at securing the adherence of those to whom it is addressed, it is, in its entirety, relative to the audience to be influenced,” says Chaïm Perelman and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and they rely, in particular, for their theory of argumentation on the twin concepts of universal and particular audiences: while every argument is directed to a specific individual or group, the orator decides what information and what approaches will achieve the greatest adherence according to an ideal audience. This ideal, Perelman explains, can be embodied, for example,'in God, in all reasonable and competent men, in the man deliberating or in an elite.” Like particular audiences, then, the universal audience is never fixed or absolute but depends on the orator, the content and goals of the argument, and the particular audience to whom the argument is addressed. These considerations determine what information constitutes'facts'and'reasonableness'and thus help to determine the universal audience that, in turn, shapes the orator's approach.The adherence of an audience is also determined by the orator's use of values, a further key concept o

Who reads The New Rhetoric : a Treatise on Argumentation?

Author

Chaim Perelman, Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca, John Wilkinson, Purcell Weaver, L.Olbrechts- Tyteca

Publisher

University of Notre Dame Press

Published

1971

Language

EN

ISBN

9780268175092

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Language Learning, Fiction, Philosophy

Rating

3.85 / 5 (103 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14