Chaim Perelman

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Chaïm Perelman (1912-1984) was a Jewish philosopher best known for his book The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation (Traité de L'argumentation - La Nouvelle Rhétorique) in 1958 with Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. Perelman was a professor of logic and metaphysics at Université Libre in Brussels in 1944 and spent most of his career there. His focus on mathematical logic would later shift to forms of discursive reasoning and notions of justice.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Article Summaries 3 Additional Works/Publications 3.1 Books 3.2 Articles/Essays 4 Further Readings 4.1 Agreement 4.2 Opposition 5 References 6 External Links

Biography

Early Life Family Education

Article Summaries

Perelman, Chaïm "The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning"

Additional Works/Publications

Books

Articles/Essays

Further Readings

Frank, David A. (1997). "New Rhetoric, Judaism, and Post-Enlightenment Thought: The Cultural Origins of Perelmanian Philosophy."

Agreement

Those authors that agree with Perelman.

Opposition

Those authors that disagree with Perelman.

References

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External Links

• Adam Kissel's Reading Notes on The New Rhetoric
• "The Jewish Countermodel: Talmudic Argumentation, the New Rhetoric Project, and the Classical Tradition of Rhetoric", article by David A. Frank
• "The Role of Audience in Chaim Perelman's New Rhetoric", article by Richard Long
• "After the New Rhetoric", book review by David A. Frank (reviews Gross and Dearin's Chaim Perelman)