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The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series presents:
"Argumentation in Discourse and its Philosophical Analysis
Examples of Polarization and History-Coding"
Speaker: Olena Yaskorska-Shah (Department of Philosophy)
Thursday, March 20 | 5 to 6:30 p.m.
University Hall C610
Abstract: A discourse is a viral environment where arguments (reasoning patterns) and persuasive techniques shape public opinion on levels of the public and individual. Nowadays, it's not sufficient to evaluate singular arguments, but it is also important to identify features of contemporary communication at both levels. In this talk, we will go through polarisation and history coding phenomena. Does polarization mean that people do not reason? – No, we know that people are arguing all the time. Therefore, does it mean that polarized tribes have discussions with each other? – Also, no. Then what can we say about the discussion within a polarised society? Does it reflect the classical definition of dialectic? On the other hand – what common ground do individuals have when they communicate? Does intercommunication mean truth? Do phrasing and naming things about history influence an individual's perception? We have tools that allow us to investigate both types of phenomena present in modern communication. The method would combine case investigations, corpus studies, which are used in linguistics, and philosophical evaluative analysis of received data. The presentation aims to introduce the method and its applications.
Contact:
David Balcarras | david.balcarras@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2462