Abstract: According to Aristotle, the logos proof is a result from the application of the art (ἡ τέχνη), whereas pisteis atechnoi are not, even though they also concern the subject-matter. Another difficulty is that the logos proof represents the rational part of rhetorical argumentati-on without necessarily being logical. By upholding these two distinc-tions, the nature of the third Aristotelian proof remains more useful than when equated with logic or combined with pisteis atechnoi. The logos proof represents a rhetorical kind of rational argumentation with the goal of πίστις (pistis), which does not require logic nor facts.
Period
2022 Aug 5
Event title
The Twenty-Third Biennial Conference of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric: Topics and Commonplaces in Antiquity and Beyond