Methodeutic and the order of inquiry
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Mats Bergman
Abstract
Although C. S. Peirce frequently notes the importance of the branch of logic he designates “rhetoric” or “methodeutic,” he only rarely specifies what this subdivision is meant to involve. This article reassesses the role of methodeutic in Peirce’s classification of the sciences, as well as the methodical significance of this classificatory endeavor itself. The article argues that the classification of sciences is best comprehended as a distinctive phase of methodeutic investigation, which examines actual manifestations of inquiry as well as abstract principles in crafting a normatively guiding conception of the scientific venture. It is further argued that the strict hierarchy on which Peirce bases his classification needs to be tempered to allow for a more flexible ordering, in which so-called “dynamical relationships” between inquiries are considered alongside the top-down perspective of “rational precedence.”
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- Frontmatter
- Introduction: Multimodality in argumentation
- The thinness of multimodal argument: The problem of under–specification
- Discussing discourse modalities in argument theory: Reconsidering a paradigm
- Multimodal argumentation: Beyond the verbal/visual divide
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- Introduction: Peirce’s rhetoric and methodeutic
- Peirce’s “Ideas, stray or stolen, about scientific writing” and the relationship between methodeutic, speculative rhetoric, and the universal art of rhetoric
- The problematics of truth and solidarity in Peirce’s rhetoric
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