Chaim Perelman

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Chaim 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. [1] 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 5 Other Scholarly Views 5.1 Agreement 5.2 Opposition 6 References 7 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

Other Scholarly Views

Agreement

Those authors that agree with Perelman.

Opposition

Those authors that disagree with Perelman.

References

• [2]

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)