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In:Exploring Dialogue: Selected essays on argumentation by Erik C. W. Krabbe with contributions by Jan Albert van Laar
Edited by Erik C.W. Krabbe and Jan Albert van Laar
[Argumentation in Context 23] 2026
► pp. 142–156

Chapter 8
Meeting in the house of Callias

An historical perspective on rhetoric and dialectic

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Article outline
  • 1.The antagonism between rhetoric and dialectic
  • 2.Types and goals of dialectic
  • 3.Types and goals of rhetoric
  • 4.Differences and common features
  • 5.Dialectic and rhetoric in practice
  • 6.Intertwining at a practical level: Embedding
  • 7.Intertwining at a theoretical level: Integrated analysis
  • Notes
  • References
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