Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Andrew Bowie and David Roochnik

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19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
Reasoning aims not at the understanding of objects, but at the desire to give beautiful speeches [Roochnik]
If relativism is the correct account of human values, then rhetoric is more important than reasoning [Roochnik]
Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie]