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arrow-up1626arrow-down1external-linkKamala Calls For Peaceful Transfer Of Power To Adolf Hitlerbabylonbee.comRubicTopaz@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·15 hours agoWell, it depends what you mean by “better.”
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-215 hours agoRhetoric is just Greek for the means of persuasion. A more effective means of persuasion is better rhetoric by definition, because determining truth is not the goal, getting them to do what you want is. But, yes, ideally rhetoric and epistemology would go hand in hand.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·14 hours agoI’ve finally met someone more pedantic than I.
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours agoThis is what it sounds like when doves cry.
Well, it depends what you mean by “better.”
Rhetoric is just Greek for the means of persuasion.
A more effective means of persuasion is better rhetoric by definition, because determining truth is not the goal, getting them to do what you want is.
But, yes, ideally rhetoric and epistemology would go hand in hand.
I’ve finally met someone more pedantic than I.
This is what it sounds like when doves cry.