TCT 009: The 5 Essential Components of Critical Thinking | Part 2: Argumentation and Rhetoric

Summary: We've talked about the relationship between logic and argumentation in previous episodes. In this episode I want to look at the relationship between argumentation and "rhetoric", the art of persuasive speech.  I try to show that critical thinkers need a conception of argumentation that combines elements from both the philosophical and rhetorical traditions. I also give two book recommendations for people interested in learning more about argumentation from the rhetorical tradition. Books referenced in this episode: Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About The Art of Persuasion, by Jay Heinrichs Everything’s An Argument, by Andrea Lunsford and John Ruszkiewicz