PATTERNS OF ARGUMENTATION IN GORGIAS

Gorgias, according to Plato's "Phaedros," valued probabilities ahead of truth. Spatharas sheds some more light on Gorgias's argumentation; by attempting a classification of argumentative patterns employed by this Sophist, it will become more clear that arguments from probability...

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Published in:Mnemosyne 2001, Vol.54 (4), p.393-408
Main Author: SPATHARAS, D. G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Argumentation
Criminal motive
Defendants
Gorgias (483?-376? BC)
Love
Oratory
Persuasion
Philosophical logics. Philosophy of language
Philosophical object
Philosophy
Reasoning
Rhetorical argument
Soul
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Summary:Gorgias, according to Plato's "Phaedros," valued probabilities ahead of truth. Spatharas sheds some more light on Gorgias's argumentation; by attempting a classification of argumentative patterns employed by this Sophist, it will become more clear that arguments from probability is only one among several other patterns of reasoning used by him.
ISSN:0026-7074
1568-525X
0026-7074
DOI:10.1163/15685250152902937