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| Author(s): |
Tatiane Silva
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Araraquara. 2018-01-03. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Araraquara |
| Defense date: | 2017-10-27 |
| Advisor: | Marcus Vinicius Cunha |
| Abstract | |
The present work aims to investigate the influence of Sophists’ philosophical and educational principles, especially Protagoras, Gorgias and Hippias, in the educational philosophy of John Dewey. Concomitantly, we aim to analyze the Sophistical rhetoric as an instrument of formation of the democratic citizen. For reaching our goals we use a methodology of rhetorical analysis developed by Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechst-Tyteca based on the Topics of Aristotle. Through rhetorical analysis, we can identify and analyze what we call discursive frameworks, which are certain typical forms of elaboration and solution of philosophical problems expressed in peculiar argumentative forms; the localization of discursive frameworks allows us to reflect on a function of these typical forms of argument in the constitution of educational proposals. The first chapter explains the central question that rules the whole structure of work, presenting an analogy of education with agriculture, which origin is attribute to the Sophists by Jaeger. The second chapter deals with general concepts of the Sophistical Movement and Pragmatism in order to show to the reader the main characteristics of these philosophical approaches. The third chapter examines a division of reality between two realms, one low and another high; this division initiated in philosophical discussions in Classical Greece and it was characterized by opposition between physis (a condition of the order independent of human action) and nómos (the convention related to human decision). The fourth chapter is a result of the reflections elaborated in the previous chapters, and it examines the power and importance of the word/communication in the life of man and of the democratic society for the formation of the consensuses that govern the relations between men and the world which they are inserted. The arguments of the Sophists and Dewey evidence that the development of man and human intelligence through the experimental method is possible just when men integrated themselves in group activities. By becoming involved in the discussions about the homonoia, the consensus, which regulates and directs the life of society, with the resources of the power of lógos, men become active participants in the search for the common good, thus creating a society and at the same time, creating themselves as citizens. Mediated by democratic methods of persuasion, reasoning, communication, deliberation and debate, participation enables the broadest, richest, emancipatory and shared experiences. However, the scope and concretization of this participation is possible if individuals have a rhetorical education which enables them to examine diverse opinions and make a judgment about which of all is the better answer to solve the problem, and, how to be creative and have insight to create new perspectives for action (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/04791-2 - Rhetorical analysis of the sophist influence in John Deweys philosophical and educational discourse |
| Grantee: | Tatiane da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |