Making it Public: Testimony and Socially Sanctioned Common Grounds

Contrary to current individualistic epistemology, Classical rhetoric provides us with a pragmatical and particularly dynamic conception of ‘testimony’ as a source made available for the orator by the particular community in which she acts. In order to count as usable testimony, a testimony to which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paula Olmos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2008-02-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/476