ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENTHYMEME
Via Latin from Greek enthumēma, from enthumeisthai to infer (literally: to have in the mind), from en-² + thumos mind.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENTHYMEME»
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enthymeme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Rhetoric is the counterpart of Dialectic.
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Argumentation and Debate
In these circumstances we make use of the enthymeme. Because there are two
discrete concepts involved, there are two definitions of the enthymeme. The first
definition of the enthymeme—as a truncated (shortened) syllogism—is extremely
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Austin Freeley, David Steinberg, 2013
26 The Enthymeme The enthymeme had a different meaning to Aristotle than it
has to contemporary logicians.1 The contemporary meaning — an enthymeme is
a categorical syllogism with a suppressed proposition — goes back at least as far
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William Thomas Parry, Edward A. Hacker, 1991
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The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early ...
Several features of Aristotle's discussion of the enthymeme problematize its
definition as a truncated syllogism: (1) In his discussion of the more than fifty
rérrot in Rhetorica 2.23 that are sources for enthymemes, Aristotle never
discusses ...
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Invention in Rhetoric and Composition
Specific Pedagogies: The Enthymeme. A number of scholars suggested the
enthymeme for teaching invention. In 1991, John Gage articulated a general
theory of the enthymeme for advanced composition. Asserting that argumentation
is the ...
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Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from ...
Historians regularly resort to enallage when they substitute the present tense for
the past to make that past more vivid. Arthur Quinn and Lyon Rathbun University
of California, Berkeley Enthymeme A rhetorical syllogism, that is, any statement ...
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Labyrinths of Exemplarity: At the Limits of Deconstruction
At the Limits of Deconstruction Irene E. Harvey. familiar to the audience so that
the latter can fill in and complete (with the pleasure associated thereby) the
missing part. The enthymeme thus has the structure of an induction, not of a
syllogism, ...
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A History of Ancient Philosophy II: Plato and Aristotle
addition, the rhetorical enthymeme makes use of "examples," which do not imply
logical mediation of any kind, but make immediately evident what it wants to
prove. Just as the rhetorical enthymeme corresponds to the syllogism, so does
the ...
Giovanni Reale, John R. Catan, 1990
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Rhetoric and Poetics in Antiquity
In sum, what Aristotle contributes to the notion of "enthymeme" is his focus on the
enthymeme 's underlying, in-thymatic rationality: his enormously productive
recognition that, like a dialectical syllogism, an enthymeme also relies on a basic,
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Jeffrey Walker Professor of English Emory University, 2000
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Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric
studies represent the enthymeme as essential to the operation of each of
Aristotle's artistic sources of persuasion. Now, I have already argued that such
representations conflict with clear passages in the Rhetoric and, therefore,
misappropriate ...
Alan G. Gross, Arthur E. Walzer, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENTHYMEME»
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A national crisis
A charming example of an abbreviated syllogism—what is technically called an enthymeme —but a poor excuse of one nonetheless! Then ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
Enthymeme, or are you thinking what I'm thinking?
It's a grimy window through which we glimpse our own prejudices and beliefs. No wonder politicians are so fond of enthymeme. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Video Game Review: Bloodborne scares gamers in grotesque fashion
With notes and studies sprinkled throughout its complex level design, players can piece together a story filled with religious enthymeme and ... «The Post, Apr 15»
How to knock down an opponent with nonsense
Or, since in rhetoric we are talking about messy mortal doings rather than eternal mathematical truths, the enthymeme might be dealing with ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
Colton: Video game industry marketing needs to stop ignoring …
If this is the enthymeme our culture has accepted, then it makes sense why the gaming community has expressed disbelief and even outrage at ... «Daily Nebraskan, Feb 15»
A talk with Benjamin Apple, 'Cubed' star, 'comedy person'
So the enthymeme version of that would be "Aristotle is a man, therefore Aristotle is mortal." It's missing a premise, but you can figure out what ... «Los Angeles Times, Oct 14»
Rhetoric of a Global Epidemic
(An enthymeme is a deductive argument in which one of the assumptions goes unstated.) That a grassroots quarantine movement on two ... «Inside Higher Ed, May 14»
Facebook crowdsourcing gives lonely boy 1.4 million friends
As it stands, it's an enthymeme. Sorry if my criticism sounds nit-picky, but that is a weak, wishy-washy introduction. Sure, this is only a tiny ... «CNET, Feb 14»
Negative Ads vs. Toulmin
(As an aside, the name Aristotle bestowed an argument with a hidden premise was enthymeme.) But what makes Toulmin so effective is that ... «Huffington Post, Dec 12»
Pro-lifers cannot win the debate by bargaining over the lives of the …
I get the basics so know I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Harte-ist…a denial/abrogation of solidaritism is the inherent enthymeme throughout the whole ... «Catholic Herald Online, Sep 12»
