Explores the rhetorical problem of concretizing the ideal via the relationship between form and fact in Richard Weaver's theory of truth. Reveals that reliance on analogic form permits Weaver's arguments to function externally and internally. Suggests that analogic structure, example, and analogy are fundamental ways of rhetorical knowing. (JMF)

Explores the theoretical and critical implications of feminist research on argumentation, and points to directions where feminist theory will continue to challenge predominant thinking about argumentation. Introduces the articles in this special issue on argumentation and feminisms. (PA)

Analyzes Audre Lorde's speech which interweaves commentary on the silence surrounding breast cancer with insights about silence drawn from her experiences as a member of several subordinated communities. Finds she comments on silencing and power, sexism, verbal abuse, violence and sexualized aggression, shame, and hostile social environments--her…

In this paper the author looks at two forms of philosophical argument or critique. These are derived by himself from the work of the late Kantian scholar, Stephan Korner who, in his book "What is Philosophy?" (1969), draws a number of distinctions between different forms of "philosophical" argument or critique. The two forms of derived argument,…

Research studies aimed at exploring how secondary school students engage in doing history, develop historical reasoning and understanding often times neglected the theoretical frameworks that historians of different orientations use to study the past. As a result of this oversight, some historical concepts are sometimes weakly defined, ambiguously…

Study in language, literature, and culture has long been a defining feature of education in the liberal arts. Speaking, reading, and writing have traditionally stood at the heart of education because the arts of language and the tools of literacy are key qualifications for full participation in social, political, economic, and cultural life. Today…

Background/Context: Literacy education has always been hotly contested, and in England the debate has recently intensified in controversies over synthetic phonics teaching and the National Literacy Strategy. This article brings together four theoretical and policy contexts in studying this debate: (1) the long-standing and on-going "reading…

There are some critics of ethical egoism who treat it seriously as an ethical doctrine, but consider it an odd approach. Examines this doctrine and suggests that if we are to have the benefit of egoism as a sound ethical approach, or rightly assess its inadequacies, we must first see it fairly. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this brief response is to show that Self's analysis (EJ 152 757) is an unacceptable one. (Author/RK)

Self defends his August, 1976 article (EJ 152 757) which is a philosophical analysis of John Dewey's pragmatist value theory as found in"Theory of Valuation". His comments are in response to Burnett's criticism in this month's issue (AA 526 451). (Author/RK)

Discusses how John C. Calhoun's speech "On Reception of the Abolition Petitions," illuminates his logical defense of slavery, while revealing that the logic was inextricably bound up in a powerful psycho-logic. Focuses on the role metaphor plays, particularly the functions of place, space, and related symbolic indices of orientation. (JD)

Discusses the best known modern theory of argumentation, that of Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca, which follows from classical rhetoric and contains a monological view of argumentation, concentrating on effectiveness with a passive audience. Argues that it is at least a partially incorrect interpretation of the classical rhetorical theory of…

Sketches a brief history of the 1858 debates and analyzes their argumentative patterns. Speculates about the transformation of controversial questions through public debate. (PD)

This critique of Ernest R. House's monograph, "The Logic of Evaluative Argument," attempts to clarify the relationships between evaluation as persuasion and the practical argument. If the outcome of a practical argument is action, then to be persuaded is to be persuaded to act. (Author/RL)

Investigates the relationship between argumentation advanced by attorneys in four Supreme Court cases and the reasoning proffered by the Court in its decisions in those cases. Finds attorney argumentation sometimes irrelevant to the Court's reasoning and sometimes adopted by the Court. Offers a perspective on argumentation and decision making to…