Toward a logic of good reasons
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Speech
- Vol. 64 (4), 376-384
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00335637809383443
Abstract
This essay explores the assumptions underlying the role of values in rhetorical interactions, the meaning of “logic” in relation to “good reasons,” a reconceptualization of “good reasons,” implementation of a “logic of ‘good reasons’,” and the uses of hierarchies of values in assessing rhetorical reasoning.Keywords
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