Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Creation of Publics: Notes on Goodnight's Historical Relativity

The Creation of Publics: Notes on Goodnight's Historical Relativity Goodnight's distinction among spheres of argument and his subsequent writing on the public sphere are amendable in ways that strengthen the project. Specifically, Goodnight's distinction between the technical and public spheres is untenable, and modification of his position to recognize the technical nature of public argument strengthens the formulation. In addition, Goodnight's theory of generations of argument is central to locating his viewpoint as critic. Other terms are available to describe Goodnight's generations which do the work better than his term. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Argumentation and Advocacy Taylor & Francis

The Creation of Publics: Notes on Goodnight's Historical Relativity

Willard, Charles Arthur
Argumentation and Advocacy , Volume 26 (2): 15 – Sep 1, 1989
Download PDF

The Creation of Publics: Notes on Goodnight's Historical Relativity

Abstract

Goodnight's distinction among spheres of argument and his subsequent writing on the public sphere are amendable in ways that strengthen the project. Specifically, Goodnight's distinction between the technical and public spheres is untenable, and modification of his position to recognize the technical nature of public argument strengthens the formulation. In addition, Goodnight's theory of generations of argument is central to locating his viewpoint as critic. Other terms are...
Loading next page...
 
/lp/taylor-francis/the-creation-of-publics-notes-on-goodnight-apos-s-historical-QQ8dilLvSn
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 1989 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
2576-8476
eISSN
1051-1431
DOI
10.1080/00028533.1989.11951475
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Goodnight's distinction among spheres of argument and his subsequent writing on the public sphere are amendable in ways that strengthen the project. Specifically, Goodnight's distinction between the technical and public spheres is untenable, and modification of his position to recognize the technical nature of public argument strengthens the formulation. In addition, Goodnight's theory of generations of argument is central to locating his viewpoint as critic. Other terms are available to describe Goodnight's generations which do the work better than his term.

Journal

Argumentation and Advocacy – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 1989

References

  • Recalculating the relation of the public and technical spheres
  • A rhetorical interpretation of history
  • Investigating policy argument as a field
  • In defense of relativism: Rescuing incommensurability from the self-accepting fallacy
  • The personal, technical, and public spheres of argument: A speculative inquiry into the art of public deliberation
  • Argumentation, criticism, and rhetoric: A comparison of modern and post-modern stances in humanistic inquiry
  • Generational argument
  • The language of public policy argument: Toward a rationale for rhetorical and critical studies.
  • The public sphere: An encyclopedia article
  • The logic of message design: Individual differences in reasoning about communication
  • Epochal rhetoric in 19th-century America: On the discursive instantiation of the technical sphere