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Perelman et Toulmin

1995; National Center for Scientific Research; Volume: n° 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4267/2042/15163

1963-1006

Corinne Hoogaert,

Rhetoric and Communication Studies

The purpose of this article is to provide a broad outline of two major theories of argumentation having marked present-day thinking. One, Perelman s theory, centres on the universal audience as the paradigm of Reason. Toulmin s theory, on the other hand, starts with the role of logic and develops towards probahilism. Despite their differences, both authors are firmly grounded in the Aristotelian tradition of argumentation as a dialectical process.