The Philosophy of RhetoricSIU Press, 1.3.1988 - 504 sivua Here, after a quarter century of additional study and reflection, Bitzer presents a new critical edition of George Campbell’s classic. Bitzer provides a more complete review and assessment of Campbell’s work, giving particular emphasis to Campbell’s theological views, which he demonstrates played an important part in Campbell’s overall view of reasoning, feeling, and moral and religious truth. The Rhetoric is widely regarded as the most important statement of a theory of rhetoric produced in the 18th century. Its importance lies, in part, in the fact that the theory is informed by the leading assumptions and themes of the Scottish Enlightenment—the prevailing empiricism, the theory of the association of ideas, the effort to explain natural phenomena by reference to principles and processes of human nature. Campbell’s work engages such themes in an attempt to formulate a universal theory of human communication. Campbell attempts to develop his theory by discovering deep principles in human nature that account for all instances and kinds of human communication. He seeks to derive all communication principles and processes empirically. In addition, all statements in discourse that have to do with matters of fact and human affairs are likewise to be empirically derived. Thus, his theory of rhetoric is vastly wider than, and different from, such classical theories as those proposed by Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian, whose theories focused on discourse related to civic affairs. Bitzer shows that, by attempting to elaborate a general theory of rhetoric through empirical procedures, Campbell’s project reveals the limitations of his method. He cannot ground all statements empirically and it is at this point that his theological position comes into play. Inspection of his religious views shows that God’s design of human nature, and God’s revelations to humankind, make moral and spiritual truths known and quite secure to human beings, although not empirically. |
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... experience of mankind , which individuals , even in the rudest state of society , are capable of acquiring . " The second stage marks the beginning of rhetoric as a critical science , for in this stage we distinguish types of discourse ...
... experience of mankind , which individuals , even in the rudest state of society , are capable of acquiring . " The second stage marks the beginning of rhetoric as a critical science , for in this stage we distinguish types of discourse ...
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... experience , and in- ference ; in the eleventh chapter he treats both tragic pleasure and the association of the passions . The view that a principal function of philosophy is to ground the arts and sciences in human nature was not ...
... experience , and in- ference ; in the eleventh chapter he treats both tragic pleasure and the association of the passions . The view that a principal function of philosophy is to ground the arts and sciences in human nature was not ...
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... experience ; in his view , after all , there is no other legitimate and natural source of relevant propositions . Thus , all the distinctions and principles and processes of human nature which would explain rhetorical phenomena must be ...
... experience ; in his view , after all , there is no other legitimate and natural source of relevant propositions . Thus , all the distinctions and principles and processes of human nature which would explain rhetorical phenomena must be ...
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... experience . If only observation and experience are necessary , how then do we empirically choose between two incom- patible classifications when both are authorized by experience ? How do we empirically obtain a criterion of rhetorical ...
... experience . If only observation and experience are necessary , how then do we empirically choose between two incom- patible classifications when both are authorized by experience ? How do we empirically obtain a criterion of rhetorical ...
Sivu xxix
... experience.38 The Basis of Empiricism . Campbell's empirical philosophy was shaped by his response to two ... experience ( 47-48 ) . The method of observation and experience is the method of science ( 52–53 ) ; use of this method , he ...
... experience.38 The Basis of Empiricism . Campbell's empirical philosophy was shaped by his response to two ... experience ( 47-48 ) . The method of observation and experience is the method of science ( 52–53 ) ; use of this method , he ...
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liii | |
Corrections and Additions | lvii |
Preface | lxv |
Introduction | lxix |
Book I The Nature and Foundaitons of Elequence | 1 |
Book II The Foundations and Essential Properties of Elocution | 139 |
Book III The Discriminating Properties of Elocution | 285 |
Index | 417 |
Author Bio | 424 |
Back Cover | 425 |
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Aberdeen adjective admit adverb ambiguity antonomasia appear argument beauty Campbell Campbell's catachresis cause circumstances clause common conjunction connexion connexive consequently considered contrary critics David Hume degree denominated denote discourse doth Dunciad effect eloquence employed English equal evidence example experience expression former French frequently give grammatical hath hearers Hudibras human nature ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance justly kind language latter manner Marischal College meaning metaphor metonymy mind moral necessary never noun object obscurity observed occasion orator particular passage passion perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity philosophical phrases pleonasm poet preceding preposition present preterite principles produce pronoun proper properly qualities Quintilian reason regard relation remark rendered resemblance respect rhetoric Richard Whately ridicule sense sensible sentence sentiment serve signify solecism sometimes sound speak speaker species Spect style syllables syllogism synecdoche term things thought tion tongue tropes truth verb vivacity wherein words writers