Lloyd Bitzer

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Biography

Lloyd Bitzer (1931-present). Bitzer received his doctoral degree from the University of Iowa in 1962. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught classes in rhetoric and rhetorical theory. Bitzer was an active member of the National Communication Association and was involved in the National Development Project in Rhetoric in 1970. Bitzer is best known for the theory of situational rhetoric, which he advanced in the 1968 article “The Rhetorical Situation.” Bitzer is currently professor emeritus at Wisconsin.

Article Summaries

Bitzer, Lloyd "The Rhetorical Situation"

Additional Works/ Publications

Books

Articles/Essays

“Aristotle’s Enthymeme Revisited.”^[1]

“A Re-evaluation of Campbell’s Doctrine of Evidence.”^[2]

"The Rhetorical Situation"^[3]

“Hume’s Philosophy in George Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric.”^[4]

“Aristotle’s Enthymeme Revisited.” ^[5]

“Rhetoric and Public Knowledge.” ^[6]

“Functional Communication: A Situational Perspective.”^[7]

“Bitzer on Vatz.”^[8]

“All Art is Founded in Science.”^[9]

“George Orwell’s Rejection of Tyrannical Rhetoric.”^[10]

“Whately’s Distinction Between Inferring and Proving.”^[11]

“Rhetoric’s Prospects: Past and Future.”^[12]

“The ‘Indian Prince’ in miracle arguments of Hume and His Predecessors and Early Critics.”^[13]

“Edwin Black at Wisconsin, 1967–1994.”^[14]

Further Readings

The Annotated Bibliography of the Works Written and Edited by Lloyd Bitzer

Other Scholarly Views

Agreement

Opposition

Richard Vatz

References

1. ↑ “Aristotle’s Enthymeme Revisited.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 58.4 (1959): 399–408. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. UTSA Lib., 28 Sep. 08.
2. ↑ “A Re-evaluation of Campbell’s Doctrine of Evidence.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 59.1 (1960): 135–40. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. UTSA Lib., 28 Sep. 08.
3. ↑ “The Rhetorical Situation.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 1.1 (1968): 1–14. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. UTSA Lib., 29 Sep. 08.
4. ↑ “Hume’s Philosophy in George Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric.” Journal of Philosophy and Rhetoric 2.3 (1969): 139–66.
5. ↑ “Aristotle’s Enthymeme Revisited.” Aristotle: The Classical Heritage of Rhetoric. Ed. Keith V. Erickson. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow P, 1974.
6. ↑ “Rhetoric and Public Knowledge.” Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Literature: An Exploration. Ed. Don M. Burks. West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue UP, 1976: 67–93.
7. ↑ “Functional Communication: A Situational Perspective.” Rhetoric in Transition: Studies in the Nature and Uses of Rhetoric. Ed. Eugene E. White. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1980: 21–38.
8. ↑ “Bitzer on Vatz.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 67.1 (1981): 99–101. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. UTSA Lib., 18 Oct. 08.
9. ↑ “All Art is Founded in Science.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 13.1 (1983): 13–14. Humanities Index. JSTOR. UTSA Lib., 29 Sep. 08.
10. ↑ “George Orwell’s Rejection of Tyrannical Rhetoric.” Oldspeak/Newspeak: Rhetorical Transformations. Ed. Charles W. Kneupper. Arlington, TX: Rhetorical Society of America, 1985: 1–6.
11. ↑ “Whately’s Distinction Between Inferring and Proving.” Journal of Philosophy and Rhetoric 25.4 (1992): 311–40. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. UTSA Lib., 14 Oct. 08.
12. ↑ “Rhetoric’s Prospects: Past and Future.” Making and Unmaking the Prospects for Rhetoric. Eds. Theresa Enos and Richard McNabb. Mahwah, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum Associates, 1997: 15–20.
13. ↑ “The ‘Indian Prince’ in miracle arguments of Hume and His Predecessors and Early Critics.” Journal of Philosophy and Rhetoric 31.3 (1998): 175–230. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. UTSA Lib., 16 Oct. 08.
14. ↑ “Edwin Black at Wisconsin, 1967–1994.” Rhetoric and Public Affairs 10. (Oct. 2007): 497–500. Humanities Index. Muse. UTSA Lib., 18 Oct. 08.