Richard Whately (1787-1863), Archbishop of Dublin, was a moralist, philosopher, theologian, logician, rhetorician and Oxford professor of political economy. His treatises on logic and rhetoric dominated the college and university curricula for decades in 19th-century Britain and America. He is the most important early writer on what is now called the theory of argumentation. This sharp and original thinker was a very prominent figure in his own time, and often knowing Whately is knowing what men like J. S. Mill, Whewell, ...
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Richard Whately (1787-1863), Archbishop of Dublin, was a moralist, philosopher, theologian, logician, rhetorician and Oxford professor of political economy. His treatises on logic and rhetoric dominated the college and university curricula for decades in 19th-century Britain and America. He is the most important early writer on what is now called the theory of argumentation. This sharp and original thinker was a very prominent figure in his own time, and often knowing Whately is knowing what men like J. S. Mill, Whewell, Bentham and Hamultin were arguing against. The present text gives a comprehensive account of Whately's thinking and shows that his early writings form a rich discursive project whose main elements are a relativist theory of knowledge, a presentation of the Christian ethics of duty, and a normative theory of discourse ethics.
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Publisher:
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18136123593
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Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 309 p. Europaeische Studien Zur Ideen- Und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION-GOODname/date written inside, underlining/notes on some pages, some wear/creases/marks to cover, light spotting/grub to fore edges, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK.
