Circularity in ethotic structures

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10811596
AutoresKatarzyna Budzynska (0000-0001-9674-9902, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen190
Número15
Páginas3185-3207
Fecha de publicación2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSynthese (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11229-012-0135-6
OpenAlexW2014774474
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas16

The aim of this paper is to provide a model that allows the representation and analysis of circularity in ethotic structures, i.e. in communication structures related to the speaker’s character and in particular, his credibility. The paper studies three types of cycles: in self-referential sentences, embedded testimony and ethotic begging the question. It is shown that standard models allow the reconstruction of the circularities only if those circular utterances are interpreted as ethotic arguments. Their alternative, assertive interpretation requires enriching the existing models with a purely ethotic component related to the credibility of the performer of any (not necessarily argumentative) speech act

Argumentative · Character (mathematics) · Component (thermodynamics) · Credibility · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Natural language processing · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Programming language · Representation (politics) · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation · Philosophy · Speech and dialogue systems