Bernhard Schieber

Aristotle’s Rhetoric — Three Artistic Proofs

Knowledge

Aristotle’s three artistic proofs concern credibility enacted in discourse, emotions affecting judgment, and argument through enthymemes and examples. Their force depends on audience and situation, while persuasive success neither requires equal proportions nor establishes the truth or ethical legitimacy of the position advocated.

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Model

In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.

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Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics

Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.

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