The Rhetoricity of Philosophy

This book aims to recast the way that philosophers understand rhetoric. Rather than follow most philosophers in conceiving rhetoric as a specific way of speaking or writing, it shows that rhetoric is better understood as a dimension of all human discourse and action-what the author calls "rhetoricity".

Blake D. Scott is Postdoctoral Research Associate at KU Leuven's Institute of Philosophy. His articles have appeared in journals including Philosophy & Rhetoric, Informal Logic, Argumentation, Études Ricoeuriennes/ Ricoeur Studies, Analecta Hermeneutica, and Sartre Studies International.

Introduction 1. The Enemy of My Enemy: Philosophy, Sophistics, and Rhetoric in the Badiou-Cassin Debate 2. The Audience in Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca's New Rhetoric 3. Rhetoric on Trial (I): Badiou v. Perelman 4. Rhetoric on Trial (II): Cassin v. Perelman 5. Extending the Audience: Ricoeur's Missed Encounter with Perelman 6. Ricoeur and the Rhetoricity of Philosophy Conclusion: Is Rhetoric a Dead End for Philosophy?