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Rhetoric as Philosophy of Language. An Aristotelian Perspective

Francesca Piazza

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Linguistics and LanguagePersuasionmedia_common.quotation_subjectLanguage and Linguisticslcsh:Social SciencesPhilosophy of languageSettore M-FIL/05 - Filosofia E Teoria Dei Linguaggimedia_commonLiteraturebusiness.industryCommunicationPhilosophy05 social sciencesPerspective (graphical)050301 educationRhetoric Philosophy of Language Italian Thought AristotleSocial practiceFocus (linguistics)Epistemologylcsh:HRhetoricElement (criminal law)business0503 educationOn Language

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This paper sustains that rhetoric can be a fruitful way of practicing philosophy of language. The startingpoint is a suggestion drawn from the work of the Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito. According toEsposito, one of the main characteristics of the Italian thought is the focus on the necessary connectionbetween language and extra-linguistic world. I argue that rhetoric (intended in an Aristotelian sense), thanks to its extra-linguistic aim (persuasion), pays particular attention to this connection. This has important consequences: 1. considering speakers and listeners as essential components of speech and assigning a key position to the listener; 2. including the sphere of emotion in the fi eld of refl ection on language; 3. considering truth as a social practice; 4. considering the agonistic dimension as a constitutive element of the speech.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-01-01"Res Rhetorica"
https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2017.1.1