Circularity in ethotic structures

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10811596
AutoresKatarzyna Budzynska (0000-0001-9674-9902, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume190
Fascículo15
Páginas3185-3207
Data de publicação2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSynthese (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11229-012-0135-6
OpenAlexW2014774474
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências 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