A Narrative Account of Argumentation

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dc.contributor.advisorGilbert, Michael A.
dc.creatorTamimi, Khamaiel Aoda Wahib Al
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-27T16:28:16Z
dc.date.available2018-08-27T16:28:16Z
dc.date.copyright2017-12-04
dc.date.issued2018-08-27
dc.date.updated2018-08-27T16:28:16Z
dc.degree.disciplinePhilosophy
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation I attempt to accomplish three goals. The first goal is to develop a narrative account of argumentation. I show that storytelling serves as a legitimate mode of argumentation. I develop an account of narrative argument based on generalized features of narrative and a conception of argument that is rhetorical and in line with Charles Willards notion of argument as an interaction. I identify features of narrative argument that enable narrative to function as an argument and thus to provide reasons for a claim in the context of disagreement. As a result, I synthesize literatures on narrative and argumentation to provide a definition of narrative argument. The second goal of the dissertation is to argue for maintaining the narrative as a process without reconstructing the narrative into the dominant model of argument. In this part of the dissertation, I elaborate on the definition of narrative argument and argue that narrative argument must be understood as a process, and not as a product of argument. While the product view focuses on the form and structure of an argument as being linear, explicit, and containing premises and a conclusion, and treats arguments as things, the process view focuses on the whole act of arguing, thus highlighting the importance of the context of argumentation and the people involved. In support of this thesis, I show that reducing the narrative into premises and a conclusion is problematic because it deprives it of some of its persuasive force. Reducing the narrative into a product removes the real argumentpart of which is implicitfrom its context, its unique situation, and its complex social setting. The third goal of this dissertation is to develop an account of argument evaluation that is suitable for narrative argument understood as a process. I offer an account of how to evaluate narratives using the virtuous audience, combining theories of virtue argumentation and rhetorical audiences. In sum, this dissertation provides a definition of narrative argument, stipulates the conditions of narrative arguments that make them successful, and offers ways of evaluating the narrative while maintaining its form as a process.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34951
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectphilosophy
dc.subject.keywordsnarrative argument
dc.subject.keywordsrhetorical argumentation
dc.subject.keywordsnarrative
dc.subject.keywordsargument evaluation
dc.subject.keywordsargument as process
dc.subject.keywordsargument as product
dc.subject.keywordsvirtues of argument
dc.subject.keywordsvirtuous audience
dc.subject.keywordsCharles Arthur Willard
dc.subject.keywordsMichael Gilbert
dc.subject.keywordsvirtuous consensus
dc.subject.keywordsnarrative rationality.
dc.titleA Narrative Account of Argumentation
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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