The Role of Culture in Shaping Chinese Argumentation Theories: A Comparison of Argumentation in Chinese and Greco-Roman Classical Rhetorical Traditions
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Abstract
Classical Chinese argumentation theories were shaped by Chinese rhetorical traditions and played a crucial role in the evolvement of Chinese culture. This paper explores three key themes defining argumentation theories in the classical Chinese context and contrasts them with similar but different themes in Western argumentation traditions. The paper will draw implications for understanding the important role played by Chinese classical argumentation theories in the development of Chinese culture and how those theories contrast with theories of rhetoric, argumentation, and persuasion in the West.
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Argumentation is an international and interdisciplinary journal. Its aim is to gather academic contributions from a wide range of scholarly backgrounds and approaches to reasoning, natural inference and persuasion: communication, rhetoric (classical and modern), linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, psychology, philosophy, logic (formal and informal), critical thinking, history and law. Its scope includes a diversity of interests, varying from philosophical, theoretical and analytical to empirical and practical topics. Argumentation publishes papers, book reviews, a yearly bibliography, and announcements of conferences and seminars.To be considered for publication in the journal, a paper must satisfy all of these criteria:1. Report research that is within the journals’ scope: concentrating on argumentation 2. Pose a clear and relevant research question 3. Make a contribution to the literature that connects with the state of the art in the field of argumentation theory 4. Be sound in methodology and analysis 5. Provide appropriate evidence and argumentation for the conclusions 6. Be presented in a clear and intelligible fashion in standard English