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arrow-up1823arrow-down1external-linkKamala Calls For Peaceful Transfer Of Power To Adolf Hitlerbabylonbee.comRubicTopaz@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 年前message-square76linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 年前Well, it depends what you mean by “better.”
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 年前Rhetoric is just Greek for the means of persuasion. A more effective means of persuasion is better rhetoric by definition, because determining truth is not the goal, getting them to do what you want is. But, yes, ideally rhetoric and epistemology would go hand in hand.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·2 年前I’ve finally met someone more pedantic than I.
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 年前This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前Don’t think I didn’t appreciate it.
Well, it depends what you mean by “better.”
Rhetoric is just Greek for the means of persuasion.
A more effective means of persuasion is better rhetoric by definition, because determining truth is not the goal, getting them to do what you want is.
But, yes, ideally rhetoric and epistemology would go hand in hand.
I’ve finally met someone more pedantic than I.
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
You asked, they answered.
Don’t think I didn’t appreciate it.