Marcin Koszowy: Introduction to argumentation theory across disciplines: Philosophy and rhetoric
Channel: International Center for Formal Ontology
Date: 2018-11-24

3rd Summer School on Argumentation: Computational and Linguistic Perspectives (http://ssa2018.argdiap.pl/), 6th - 10th September 2018, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.

Marcin Koszowy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Law at
the University of Białystok (Poland), postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and member of the Centre for Argument Technology (ARG-tech).

The aim of the tutorial is to give an overview of the wide range of philosophical and rhetorical tools and conceptual frameworks that are nowadays employed in the study of the complex phenomenon of argumentation. There are three disciplines which elaborated such tools: philosophy of argumentation, philosophy of language, and rhetoric. Philosophy of argumentation, amongst other tasks, allows us to study logos, i.e. argument structures and schemes. Next, philosophy of language may allow us to capture main features of argumentative speech acts such as illocutionary communicative intentions that link dialogue with argumentation. Finally, rhetoric may be helpful in enriching the description of inferential argumentation schemes (logos) with the characteristics of those communication structures that are related to the character of the speaker (ethos), including ethos supports and attacks, as well as the role of emotions in argumentation (pathos). A combination of these tools in argument studies may constitute a coherent ecosystem of philosophico-rhetorical devices allowing us to make sense of largescale argumentative texts in the different communication genres such as e.g. political debates, argumentation in the courtroom, and citizen dialogues.

Organizers of 3rd SSA:
- International Center for Formal Ontology, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology (http://icfo.ans.pw.edu.pl/),
- Bialystok University of Technology (http://pb.edu.pl/en/),
- Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw (http://www.philosophy.uw.edu.pl/?page_id=74),
- Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw (https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/),
- Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR), Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (http://www.gssr.edu.pl/),
- ArgDiaP (http://argdiap.pl/).